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Dupont, Aime, fl. 1899 [Cabinet photograph of Joseph Wheeler]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02136.19 Author/Creator: Dupont, Aime, fl. 1899 Place Written: New York Type: Photograph signed Date: January 18, 1899 Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Seated in military jacket and fake boots worn over his civilian clothing. Signed "A. Dupont" on negative.

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

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