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Vannerson & Jones [Joseph Eggleston Johnston]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05998 Author/Creator: Vannerson & Jones Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 albumen ; 20.6 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy

Cropped mount, not affecting image. Image as embedded grime at edges. Stamp on verso: Collection of Ambrose Lee.

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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