Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Full standing portrait of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0111 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Place Written: Philadelphia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy
Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Welles Sec. of Navy" "Keefer." Ink inscription on verso "Welles Sec. Navy" "8." Photographers imprint on label on verso: "Earles' Galleries & Looking Glass Ware-Rooms 816 Chestnut St Philadelphia."
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