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John Brown [photograph], 1856.

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Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brown attributed to John A. Whipple of Boston, Mass. The photo was apparently taken in Boston for Amos A. Lawrence after the Osawatomie affair (1856).
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Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891
Related Name
Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886
Language
English
Subject
Brown, John 1800-1859—Photographs
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