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"Fighting" Joe Hooker [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1212 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 7.9 cm, Width: 9.2 cm Order a Copy

Image of General Joseph Hooker seated with his hands in his lap. Inscription on recto: "1922. 'Fighting Joe Hooker.'" Inscription on verso: "Fay," followed by a description of the image.

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