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Ayres, George B. [Abraham Lincoln]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04697 Author/Creator: Ayres, George B. Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1860 June, 1894 Pagination: 1 silver print : b&w ; 23.3 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy

With blind impressed stamp at lower right "G.B. Ayres, Copyright 1894." The shirt has been retouched.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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