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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Carte de visite of Schuyler Colfax, signed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00736 Author/Creator: Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Published by Anthony from the Brady negative. Nearly full-length standing portrait . (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

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