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Unknown [Photograph of Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.23 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 32.6 x 26.3 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower in green ink to Captain C.G. Dilingsworth, "In memory of a pleasant trip on his great and happy ship." Portrait of Eisenhower as a five star general. Undated but probably before assuming the Presidency and possibly before becoming President of Columbia University.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Dilingsworth, C.G., fl. 1945

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