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Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891) [Robert G. Shaw]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05923 Author/Creator: Whipple, John Adams (1822-1891) Place Written: Boston, Mass. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.4 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite, 3/4 length standing portrait. Later reprint of a war-time photo.

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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