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Barr & Young Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0407 Author/Creator: Barr & Young Place Written: Vicksburg, MS Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.8 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Similar to 406. Imprint on recto "Maj. Gen. U.S.Grant. Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1863, by Barr & Young, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of Ohio." Photographers imprint on verso: "Barr & Young, Army Photographers, Palace of Art, Vicksburg, Mississippi."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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