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[Sam Houston]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04124 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1858 Pagination: 1 salt print : b&w Height: 24 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

Early salt print of Houston sitting and holding his cane.

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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