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Gutekunst, F. Ulysses S. Grant Carte de visite

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.026 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, F. Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: [ca. 1865-1866] Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy

White mount with clipped corners. Verso contains imprint of Gutekunst and canceled blue two-cent tax stamp. Three quarter length standing portrait in uniform, with mourning band on proper right sleeve. Similar to images #27 and 28.

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

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