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Vannerson & Jones [Robert E. Lee]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04518.01 Author/Creator: Vannerson & Jones Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10 x 6.1 cm. Order a Copy

Carte de visite. Signed on mount. The gilt bordered has been retouched at upper right. Depicts General Robert E. Lee in a suit and tie posing for the camera. Includes a cancelled postage stamp on the verso.

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Vannerson & Jones

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