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Unknown Valentine's bust of Gen. T.J. Jackson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01442.06 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1866 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 11 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite vignette photograph of Valentine's bust of Jackson, with Valentine's copyright notice. Remnants of two cent tax stamp on verso.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," 1824-1863
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," 1824-1863

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