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Anastacio Cardenas

Description

Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)

Photographer: Luik, F. ; Messikomer, J.

Carte-de-visite portrait of Anastacio Cardenas, a dwarf, with a painted studio backdrop of adobe buildings on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, with handwritten notes on verso: "Spanish Tom Thumb 1863" and "Anastacio Cardenas, came to LA from Sonora Mexico, ca. 1867." With stamp on verso: "F. Luik, & J. Messikomer (?)"

Type
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Date
1860s
Call number
photPF 25302

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