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Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893) [Frederick Douglass]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05146 Author/Creator: Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), (c. 1849-1893) Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1885 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 16.3 x 10.7 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed on front "Frederick Douglass. Born 1817." Inscribed verso: "Frederick Douglass. Born February 1817." With newspaper obituary pasted on the back. The albumen surface has been slightly scratched.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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