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[Carte de visite of Joseph Jones]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.161 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 25 September 1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Inscribed "Father" with cancelled tax stamp on verso.

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863

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