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Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) As major general, 1/2 length profile portrait, wearing belt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0486 Author/Creator: Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.1 x 6 cm Order a Copy

Mount trimmed. Graphite inscription on verso "O. O. Howard Maj. Gen. Vols." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C., & Broadway & Tenth St. New York." Blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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