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Walker, Lewis E., 1823-1880 "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.49 Author/Creator: Walker, Lewis E., 1823-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: February 1865 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Yellow mount with printed inscription: "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Inscription in ink on verso: "Meserve no. 92, probably by Brady." Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard on period mount. [O-103 C and D].

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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