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R.W.Addis, Photographer Philip Kearny, carte de visite, bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0511 Author/Creator: R.W.Addis, Photographer Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 vignette Order a Copy

Pencil inscription on verso "Brig Gen. Kearney. Killed at Chantilly on Sept. 1st 1862." "J. W. Thompson." Photographers imprint on verso: "R.W.Addis, Photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington D.C."

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