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General Sherman, bust portrait [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0673 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 16.5 x 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Gen. Sherman." Printed under image: "Mora 707 Broadway N.Y."

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