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[Cabinet photograph of Cassius Marcellus Clay]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02720 Author/Creator: Place Written: Schenectady, Ny. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1873 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 17 x 10 cm. Order a Copy

Bust length 3/4 profile of Cassius Marcellus Clay, signed on image "C.M. Clay." Noted as Ae[tat] 73. Inscription on verso list Clay's birth and death year, 1810-1903.

Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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