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Warren's Portraits [Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.39 Author/Creator: Warren's Portraits Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: circa 1870 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

3/4 image of Sumner holding a French newspaper.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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