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Washburn, W.W. [Cabinet photograph of Jefferson Davis]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02126 Author/Creator: Washburn, W.W. Place Written: New Orleans Type: Photograph signed Date: 1882 Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

Bust photograph. Signed on photograph image and also inscribed on verso, in purple ink.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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