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Posted By: ramram

Probably doesn't mean a thing but...for what it's worth...Mary Todd Lincoln (Abe's wife) apparently spent 1868 - 1870 in Germany. Could this have any ties with a diplomatic mission, etc.?? At first I thought the Old bag in your photo might be Mary Todd but upon review I don't think so. Still it's an odd message that's written on the back of her photo.

1868
Mary and Tad traveled to Europe and spent much of the next 3 years in Frankfurt, Germany. Tad was a student at Dr. D. Hohagen's Institute near Frankfurt from October, 1868, to April of 1870. On September 24, 1868, Robert Lincoln married Mary Eunice Harlan.