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[Half-length portrait of man holding an elegant walking stick]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04196.10 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1860s Pagination: 1 daguerreotype Height: 12 cm, Width: 9.5 cm Order a Copy

Half-length portrait of a well-dressed younger man holding an elegant walking stick. Unknown identification.

Moore, John B., 1826-1907

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