Portraits of America

[Lyman Mead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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[Lyman Mead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1878 (Library of Congress)
[Lyman Mead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1878 (Library of Congress)
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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 98 x 63 mm (carte de visite format)


This carte de visite portrait shows Lyman Mead in profile, photographed by George H. Wood in 1878. The albumen print is mounted on card in the standard carte de visite format.

The archive record provides no further information about Lyman Mead or the circumstances of the portrait. George H. Wood is noted as the photographer, with an approximate birth year of 1832, but details of his career and studio location are not recorded. Without additional documentation, nothing more can be stated with certainty about the subject or the context in which this photograph was made.

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