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[Copied photograph of the Washington, D. C. Williiam Tecumseh Sherman memorial]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05466.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1893-1903 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 26.1 cm Order a Copy

Photograph of the monument, dedicated in 1893, created by sculptor Carl Rohl-Smith. The page on which the photograph is printed appears to have been torn from a book.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Kimmel, Charles F., 1861-1900
Rohl-Smith, Carl, 1848-1900

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