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Reno, Jesse Lee, 1823-1862 Vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0658 Author/Creator: Reno, Jesse Lee, 1823-1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Reno killed at South Mountain Sept 15 1862." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.E.McClees, Artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."

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