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Unknown [Copied photograph of the Washington, D. C. Williiam Tecumseh Sherman memorial]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05466.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D. C. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1893-1903 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 26.1 cm. Order a Copy

Photograph of the monument, dedicated in 1893, created by sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith. The page on which the photograph is printed appears to have been torn from a book.

The monument was finished in 1903, after Rohl-Smith's death.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Kimmel, Charles F., 1861-1900
Rohl-Smith, Carl, 1848-1900

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