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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Cabinet portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01635 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Place Written: Philadelphia ; New York Type: Photograph signed Date: November 21, 1883 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Image signed on mounted and dated (in a different hand November 21, 1883, New York. Image from Philadelphia.

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