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Vannerson & Jones [Carte de visite of Braxton Bragg]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03349 Author/Creator: Vannerson & Jones Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.5 x 7 cm Order a Copy

Oval salt-print carte de visite showing Bragg in uniform signed on the mount. The mount is darkening to a faint purple color.

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