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Anthony Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.002 Author/Creator: Anthony Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: [ca. 1861-1862] Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

White mount with purple border. Imprint of Anthony on verso. Vignette bust portrait in uniform, wearing hat.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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