Photograph of the second convention of the American Booksellers Association, 1902 June 16.

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Photograph of the second convention of the American Booksellers Association, 1902 June 16.

Original mounted photograph of Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Hamlin Garland, Col. George Harvey of Harper and Brothers, and sixty other booksellers and authors in the offices of Harper and Brothers, New York City, June 16, 1902. This contemporary copy of the photograph was presented by Harper and Brothers to Henry C. Barnhart, a book dealer in York, Pa.

1 photo. ; 18 x 25 cm. on mat 34 x 27 cm.

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University of Virginia. Library

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