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Carte de visite of Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06272.07 Author/Creator: Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: 1867 Pagination: 10 cm. x 6.1 cm. White mount. Order a Copy

Measurements and explanations of allegorical figures printed on verso. Full view of the monument.

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