Grant's Cigar
SOLD November 2005 |
CDV-format albumen print of a cigar left by General U. S. Grant, by Thomas Houseworth, San Francisco.
The imprint on front reads "An 'Old Soldier' left by Gen U. S. Grant, at Houseworth's Photographic Studio, 12 Montgomery Street, Sand Francisco, Cal." The reverse bears a modern stamp for "Wilson Collection". This carte-de-visite bears the address corresponding to Houseworth's studio for the period 1874-1886.
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