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Whitney's Gallery Photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00203.10.01 Author/Creator: Whitney's Gallery Place Written: St. Paul, Minnesota Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 7 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

One photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota. A small black & white image, printed by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally with a letter (see GLC00203.10) by Edwin Jackson, a Private in Company D. of the 6th Minnesota Volunteers during the Civil War.

Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865

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