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Black, J.W., 1825-1896 Carte de visite of Ambrose Everett Burnside

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07797 Author/Creator: Black, J.W., 1825-1896 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 5.2 cm Order a Copy

Three quarter length standing carte de visite portrait, in uniform. Signed in ink on recto. Imprint of J.W. Black, Boston, on verso.

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Black, J.W., 1825-1896

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