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Page 53 from Harper's Weekly with an article about John W. Menard

January 23, 1869

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Page 53 from the January 23, 1869 edition of Harper's Weekly. The page contains 1/4 page illustration of the honorable John W. Menard in the upper let corner. He is wearing a suit and sitting in a chair with both his arms resting on the armrests. The image in the bottom right corner is of a man sitting at a table and reading. A child is standing next to him. Also in the image is a woman holding a kettle and a teacup, standing next to a stove.

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Catalog reference: 2013.239.15

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