Portrait photo of General Wesley Merrit [cabinet card]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1351 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy
The image shows General Merritt with sash, medals and epaulettes. He is looking to his left of the camera. Inscriptions on verso: "Gen. Merritt" and "Reynolds Photograph Co. Photographs Wholesale and Retail 291 S. Clark St., Chicago, Catalogue Free." Numeric notation on verso: "50."
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