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view Laura Keene digital asset number 1

Laura Keene

Artist:
Rufus P. Anson, c. 1821-?  Search this
Sitter:
Laura Keene, c. 1826 - 4 Nov 1873  Search this
Medium:
Sixteenth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Image (sight): 3.1 × 2.5 cm (1 1/4 × 1")
Case Open: 5.4 × 9.7 cm (2 1/8 × 3 13/16")
Case Closed: 5.3 × 4.8 × 1.5 cm (2 1/16 × 1 7/8 × 9/16")
Culture:
Laura Keene: European\British\English  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1855
Topic:
Cased object  Search this
Laura Keene: Female  Search this
Laura Keene: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater  Search this
Laura Keene: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian  Search this
Laura Keene: Performing Arts\Theater Manager  Search this
Laura Keene: Performing Arts\Producer\Theater  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Bill and Sally Wittliff
Object number:
NPG.2013.105
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 134
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2013.105
view Lucy Stone digital asset number 1

Lucy Stone

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Lucy Stone, 13 Oct 1818 - 18 Oct 1893  Search this
Medium:
Half-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 13 × 10 cm (5 1/8 × 3 15/16")
Case Open: 19.9 × 32.9 × 0.8 cm (7 13/16 × 12 15/16 × 5/16")
Case Closed: 19.9 × 16.9 × 2 cm (7 13/16 × 6 5/8 × 13/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1855
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Lucy Stone: Female  Search this
Lucy Stone: Education\Educator\Teacher  Search this
Lucy Stone: Communications\Journalist\Editor\Magazine  Search this
Lucy Stone: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this
Lucy Stone: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Suffragist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.77.271
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 134
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.271
view J. F. Coonley digital asset number 1

J. F. Coonley

Artist:
J. F. Coonley, 1832 - 1915  Search this
Sitter:
J. F. Coonley, 1832 - 1915  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 9.4 x 5.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.4 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1865
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Flower\Boutonniere  Search this
J. F. Coonley: Male  Search this
J. F. Coonley: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Object number:
S/NPG.2007.48
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.2007.48
view Coonley family digital asset number 1

Coonley family

Artist:
J. F. Coonley, 1832 - 1915  Search this
Sitter:
Unidentified Woman  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 8.5 x 5.1 cm (3 3/8 x 2")
Sheet: 9.6 x 6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/8")
Mount: 10.5 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1870
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Unidentified Woman: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Object number:
S/NPG.2007.50
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.2007.50
view Franklin Philp digital asset number 1

Franklin Philp

Artist:
Philp & Solomons, active 1860s  Search this
Sitter:
Franklin Philp, 1826 - 1887  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.8 x 5.8 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/16")
Mount: 10.3 x 6 cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/8")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
c. 1865
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Carpet  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Bowtie  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Franklin Philp: Male  Search this
Franklin Philp: Communications\Publisher  Search this
Franklin Philp: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this
Franklin Philp: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Bookseller  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Object number:
S/NPG.2007.97
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.2007.97
view Joseph Hodges Choate digital asset number 1

Joseph Hodges Choate

Artist:
Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896  Search this
Sitter:
Joseph Hodges Choate, 24 Jan 1832 - 14 Mar 1917  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
48.4cm x 41cm (19 1/16" x 16 1/8"), Image
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1870
Topic:
Joseph Hodges Choate: Male  Search this
Joseph Hodges Choate: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this
Joseph Hodges Choate: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Ambassador  Search this
Joseph Hodges Choate: Society and Social Change\Founder\Charity  Search this
Joseph Hodges Choate: Society and Social Change\Socialite  Search this
Joseph Hodges Choate: Society and Social Change\Founder\Museum  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.77.40
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.40
view Tennessee Celeste Claflin digital asset number 1

Tennessee Celeste Claflin

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Tennessee Celeste Claflin, 1845 - 1923  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 8.6 × 5.7 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/4")
Mount: 10 × 6.2 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1872
Topic:
Tennessee Celeste Claflin: Female  Search this
Tennessee Celeste Claflin: Communications\Journalist  Search this
Tennessee Celeste Claflin: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Feminist  Search this
Tennessee Celeste Claflin: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Women's rights advocate  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.80.43
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
On View:
NPG, South Gallery 123
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.80.43
view Charles Stuart Boggs digital asset number 1

Charles Stuart Boggs

Artist:
Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896  Search this
Sitter:
Charles Stuart Boggs, 1811 - 1888  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
8.5cm x 5.4cm (3 3/8" x 2 1/8"), Image
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1862
Topic:
Charles Stuart Boggs: Male  Search this
Charles Stuart Boggs: Military\Navy\Officer\Rear Admiral  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Mary W. Juday
Object number:
S/NPG.80.50
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.80.50
view Queen Kalama digital asset number 1

Queen Kalama

Artist:
Henry L. Chase, 1831 - 1901  Search this
Sitter:
Queen Kalama, c. 1817 - 20 Sep 1870  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
6.6cm x 5.3cm (2 5/8" x 2 1/16"), Image
Culture:
Queen Kalama: Pacific Islander\Native Hawaiian  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1862
Topic:
Queen Kalama: Female  Search this
Queen Kalama: Rulers and Nobility\Queen  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Object number:
S/NPG.80.51
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.80.51
view Varina Howell Davis digital asset number 1

Varina Howell Davis

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Varina Howell Davis, 7 May 1826 - 16 Oct 1906  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
7.7cm x 5.5cm (3 1/16" x 2 3/16"), Image
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1860
Topic:
Varina Howell Davis: Female  Search this
Varina Howell Davis: Literature\Writer\Magazine article  Search this
Varina Howell Davis: Literature\Writer\Biographer  Search this
Varina Howell Davis: Politics and Government\Confederate First Lady  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Varina Webb Stewart
Object number:
S/NPG.80.55
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.80.55
view Mary Todd Lincoln digital asset number 1

Mary Todd Lincoln

Artist:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, 13 Dec 1818 - 16 Jul 1882  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.6 x 5.3cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16")
Mount: 10.1 x 6.2cm (4 x 2 7/16")
Mat: 35.6 x 27.9cm (14 x 11")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1863
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Brooch  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Chain  Search this
Interior\Studio  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet  Search this
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln: Female  Search this
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.93.139
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.93.139
view Edward Anthony digital asset number 1

Edward Anthony

Artist:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Edward Anthony, 1818 - 1888  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.4 x 5.7 cm (3 5/16 x 2 1/4")
Mount: 8.9 x 6.2 cm (3 1/2 x 2 7/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1860
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Edward Anthony: Male  Search this
Edward Anthony: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Object number:
NPG.2007.16
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2007.16
view Albert Sidney Johnston digital asset number 1

Albert Sidney Johnston

Artist:
Edward Anthony, 1818 - 1888  Search this
Sitter:
Albert Sidney Johnston, 2 Feb 1803 - 6 Apr 1862  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 8.7 x 5.5cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.2 x 6.1cm (4 x 2 3/8")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1862
Topic:
Weapon\Sword  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory  Search this
Interior\Studio\Photography  Search this
Albert Sidney Johnston: Male  Search this
Albert Sidney Johnston: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.99.155
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.99.155
view Edmund Ruffin digital asset number 1

Edmund Ruffin

Artist:
Edward Anthony, 1818 - 1888  Search this
Sitter:
Edmund Ruffin, 5 Jan 1794 - 18 Jun 1865  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.7 x 5.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.2 x 6.1cm (4 x 2 3/8")
Mat: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1861
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Bowtie  Search this
Edmund Ruffin: Male  Search this
Edmund Ruffin: Communications\Publisher  Search this
Edmund Ruffin: Natural Resources\Agriculturist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.99.156
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.99.156
view Matthew Calbraith Perry digital asset number 1

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Artist:
Beckers and Piard, active 1853 - 1856  Search this
Alexander Beckers, active 1842-1869  Search this
Victor Piard, active c. 1840 - c. 1870  Search this
Sitter:
Matthew Calbraith Perry, 10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858  Search this
Medium:
Half-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Image: 11.6 × 9 cm (4 9/16 × 3 9/16")
Case Open: 15.2 × 24.4 × 0.9 cm (6 × 9 5/8 × 3/8")
Case Closed: 15.1 × 12 × 1.7 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 11/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1855
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Male  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
Matthew Calbraith Perry: Military\Navy\Officer\Commodore  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.77.206
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.206
view Kate Bateman digital asset number 1

Kate Bateman

Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Kate Josephine Bateman, 7 Oct 1842 - 8 Apr 1917  Search this
Medium:
Modern albumen print from wet plate collodion negative
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1863 (printed later)
Topic:
Kate Josephine Bateman: Female  Search this
Kate Josephine Bateman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.81.M210.D2
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 110b
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M210.D2
view Jessie Benton Fremont digital asset number 1

Jessie Benton Fremont

Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Jessie Benton Frémont, 31 May 1824 - 27 Dec 1902  Search this
Medium:
Modern albumen print from wet plate collodion negative
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1863
Topic:
Jessie Benton Frémont: Female  Search this
Jessie Benton Frémont: Literature\Writer  Search this
Jessie Benton Frémont: Literature\Writer\Magazine article  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.81.M95.D2
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 110b
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M95.D2
view Abraham Lincoln digital asset number 1

Abraham Lincoln

Artist:
Anthony Berger, active 1860s  Search this
Studio:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Sitter:
Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this
Medium:
Modern albumen print from wet plate collodion negative
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 14.3 x 9.4 cm (5 5/8 x 3 11/16")
Mat: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
February 9, 1864
Topic:
Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Military\Soldier  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government Official\Surveyor  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government Official\Postmaster  Search this
Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.81.M3.D1
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M3.D1
view Domingo Ghirardelli digital asset number 1

Domingo Ghirardelli

Artist:
George H. Johnson, c. 1823 - ?  Search this
Sitter:
Domingo Ghirardelli, 1817 - 17 Jan 1894  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.9 x 5.5cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/16")
Mount: 10.1 x 6.1cm (4 x 2 3/8")
Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")
Culture:
Domingo Ghirardelli: American\Italian American  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\California\San Francisco
Date:
c. 1862
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Interior\Studio\Photography  Search this
Domingo Ghirardelli: Male  Search this
Domingo Ghirardelli: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer\Chocolate  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Sidney S. Lawrence III in memory of Polly Ghirardelli Lawrence (1921-1997)
Object number:
NPG.2000.12
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2000.12
view John Cabell Breckinridge digital asset number 1

John Cabell Breckinridge

Artist:
William R. Phipps, active c. 1849 - c. 1867  Search this
Sitter:
John Cabell Breckinridge, 15 Jan 1821 - 17 May 1875  Search this
Medium:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Image: 7.1 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/8")
Case Open: 9.4 x 16.2 x 1 cm (3 11/16 x 6 3/8 x 3/8")
Case Closed: 9.4 x 8.1 x 1.7 cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 11/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1855
Topic:
Cased object  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Male  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Presidential Candidate  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Military\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Executive\Railroad  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Cabinet Member\Secretary of War\Confederate Secretary of War  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2005.110
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2005.110

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