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[CIVIL WAR] Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, Signed CDV
[CIVIL WAR] Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, Signed CDV
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Vignetted albumen CDV portrait of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin. Philadelphia: A. Winch, n.d. Photographer's imprint to vero alongside pencil inscription reading "Gov Curtin." SIGNED BY CURTIN to image lower margin.

CDV photograph of Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815/1817-1894), the wartime Governor of Pennsylvania. Curtin boldly signed this carte below his image. Elected as a moderate Republican, he provided vital aid to the northern cause after the outbreak of the Civil War. After the Battle of Gettysburg, Curtin was instrumental in establishing the national cemetery there and persuaded President Lincoln to attend the dedication. Curtin was next to the president when he gave his immortal Gettysburg Address.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Governors, Politics, Historic Photography, Early Photography, CDV, Carte de Visite, Carte-de-Visite, Albumen, Cabinet Card, Boudoir Card]
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[CIVIL WAR] Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, Signed CDV

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