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McKecknie & Oswald [Rutherford B. Hayes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01452 Author/Creator: McKecknie & Oswald Place Written: Toledo, Ohio Type: Photograph signed Date: 1887 Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

Cabinet photograph of Hayes by McKecknie & Oswald of Toledo, Ohio. Signed and dated by Hayes on the mount.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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