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Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler (1835-1924) [Framed tintype portrait of Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00686.34 Author/Creator: Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler (1835-1924) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1850-1860 Pagination: 1 tintype ; 7.5 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

1/9th plate tintype in green oval velvet case, gilt around frame, portrait of clean-shaven man in suit, inscribed on inside cover "F. B. Van Valkenburgh."

Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit, fl. 1850-1905

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