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File:Otto von Bismarck.JPG

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Description Engraving of Otto von Bismarck
Date 1873
Source Evert A. Duykinck, A Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, with Biographies. New York: Johnson, Wilson and Company. http://www.jamessmithnoelcollection.org/images/otto%20von%20bismarck.jpg
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After photo by Alonzo Chappel
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