Jefferson Davis CDV?

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The Wikipedia page on Brady has his signature, but I can't get it to transfer here. Also, I can't make out clearly the signature on this photo in question. Like Roger, I can read "Copyrighted By fairly easily, but it is tricky after that. Could the original be scanned and enlarged?

I also failed to mention that much of the work credited to him was actually done by his employees. Brady's eyesight started failing before the Civil War.

If his company went into bankruptcy in the 1870s, how was he able to copyright something after that without re-establishing his business under another name? Who was doing his work for him if he did still have a company?