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Berger, Anthony [Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, bust view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05136.12 Author/Creator: Berger, Anthony Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 9 February 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.6 x 7.2 cm. Order a Copy

White mount. Oval photo of engraving showing bust view. Lincoln's image on the five dollar bill is derived from this portrait. Related to image #13. [O-92 variant].

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

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