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A. Johnson's Tailor shop

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1336 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 6.3 cm, Width: 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Image shows A. Johnson's Tailor shop in disrepair, with two other buildings in the background. Imprint on recto "The First Sanctum of Our President. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Middle Disctrict of Tennessee." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "Negative No.... T. M. Schleier, Photographer, Corner Union & Cherry Sts., and 27 Public Square, Nashville, Tenn. Photographs enlaged and colored. Landscapes, city views, &c., &c." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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