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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) [Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.40 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Sumner along the base of the image. Taken by Brady & Co.'s Photographic Portrait Galleries, Washington, D.C. and New York.

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, 1864
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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