Sale 343


 
Lot 3195

Frederick Douglass Carte de Visite photograph, fresh and Very Fine; a rare photo in outstanding condition.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000

AN ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE DOUGLASS CARTE DE VISITE.

Douglass, the first African American advisor to a U.S. president, urged Lincoln to give free black men the opportunity "to fight for the Union with honor as soldiers for the cause."


 
Realized $1,450



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