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Abbott (photographer), fl. 1860-1880 Half length seated carte de visite portrait of woman in black dress

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00241.11 Author/Creator: Abbott (photographer), fl. 1860-1880 Place Written: Little Falls, New York Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph 10 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint by Abbott, Little Falls, N.Y., on verso. Photograph is either heavily retouched or from a lithograph.

Abbott (photographer), fl. 1860-1880

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