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Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) As Senator vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0999 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.8 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "28" "Senator [inserted: Chas.] Sumner Mass." Graphite inscription on verso "Sumner of Mass" "Senate." Photographers imprint on verso: "Whitehurst Gallery, No. 434 Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington, D.C. W. Snell, Photographer and Partner." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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