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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0424 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.4 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

As lieutenant general, seated, holding cigar, looking to the right. Imprint on recto "Lieut. General U.S. Grant. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex. Gardner, Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Galleries 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington D.C."

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

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