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McPherson & Oliver Carte de visite of "A Rebel dismounted Columbiad."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04596.02 Author/Creator: McPherson & Oliver Place Written: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: [n.d.] Pagination: 6.2 cm. x 10.1 cm. White mount with blue border; McPherson & Oliver imprint on verso. Order a Copy

Penciled caption on verso, with additional inscriptions "306" and #7793." Image of a damaged cannon with the rear portion broken off and lying near several cannonballs and a ramrod.

McPherson & Oliver (New Orleans, Louisiana), fl. 1860-1869

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