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A. Johnson's tailor shop, with man standing on wooden walkway in foreground

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0973 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Sign on the building reads, "A. Johnson Tailor." Graphite inscription on verso "Audren Johnson." Ink inscription on recto "Johnson's Cabin." Ink inscription on verso "S 260" "Johnson's Cabin."

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