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VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS (1794-1877). Carte-de-visite photograph signed ("C Vanderbilt"), by D'Utassy's, New York (imprint on verso), n.d. [circa 1865]. 100 x 60 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including mount. A three-quarter-length portrait of the tycoon, signed on verso. Very rare.
"A man of commanding presence know as 'The Commodore' for his steamboat fleet on the Hudson River, Vanderbilt soon expanded into railroads and became the richest man in America"--W.M.
"A man of commanding presence know as 'The Commodore' for his steamboat fleet on the Hudson River, Vanderbilt soon expanded into railroads and became the richest man in America"--W.M.