Opening: $450 Hammer Price: $450 SOLD Skylight Gallery 21 November 2005

CDV-format albumen print of a cigar left by General U. S. Grant, by Thomas Houseworth, San Francisco.   ( Inventory# ia725 )

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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