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Taber Prang Art Co. George Dewey

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06442 Author/Creator: Taber Prang Art Co. Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1899 December 25 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 8.6 cm. Order a Copy

Bust portrait, dated Christmas. Imperial carte de visite in uniform.

Dewey, George, 1837-1917

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