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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Postmaster James
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Postmaster James

Artist Jose Maria Mora (American, b.1849)
CultureAmerican
Date19th Century
MediumAlbumen
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
InscribedPrinted on front: "Mora, 707 Broadway, N.Y." Handwritten on front: "Post M. James". Handwritten on reverse: "Postmaster James"
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.
Object number90.219
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Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen carte de visite depicting Postmaster Thomas Lemuel James, 1831-1916), editor of DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN and Postmaster General (1881-1882) under President Garfield.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
1872
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jose Maria Mora
19th Century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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