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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Vignette bust portrait of Ill. Senator

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0154 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: Washington; New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Harlan also served as Secretary of the Interior under Andrew Johnson. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by M.B.Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "Harlan Sect of Interior." Photographers imprint on verso: "M.B.Brady & Co. National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & New York." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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