Rare Autographed Photo Wm. Rothery Columbian Exposition Commissioner to Liberia mask but the family is not

but the family is not identified

near half-plate at 5

I see no issues whatsoever with the plate

some leather wear

Rare Autographed Photo Wm. Rothery Columbian Exposition Commissioner to Liberia mask but the family is notRare original cabinet photo (8. 5" x 5. 25" boudoir mount) of Colonel William Elmendorf Rothery (1851 1932), photographed at one of the dwellings in the Liberian Exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition Chicago World's Fair. Rothery was a successful businessman, newspaper editor and diplomat, appointed U. S. Consul to Liberia, and in 1892 was chosen to be Liberian Commissioner to the World's Fair. The photographer was Rotherys' future wife,