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Nichols & Howard Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0427 Author/Creator: Nichols & Howard Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.9 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

As lieutenant general, standing in dress uniform. Shows Grant in full dress uniform, wearing sword and sash with his right hand resting on a table. Imprint on recto "Lieut. Gen. Grant. Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1865, by Nichols & Howard, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "Nichols & Howard, Photographers, 60 North Fourth St., St. Louis, Mo."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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