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Pond's Photograph Gallery [carte de visite, half length seated portrait in civilian dress]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.32 Author/Creator: Pond's Photograph Gallery Place Written: Buffalo, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: Height: 11.2 cm, Width: 7.2 cm Order a Copy

White mount with Pond's imprint and blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Half length seated portrait in civilian dress.

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