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Portraits of the Civil War Period "A partial list"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1383 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1903 Pagination: 36 p. : Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

"Photographs for the most part from Life Negatives by M.B. Brady. Now in the possession of F. H. Meserve 265 Edgecomb Avenue New York City." This pamphlet is an itemized list of images from the Civil War period, owned at the time of printing by F.H. Meserve and available to the public in the form of reproductions. The images are itemized alphabetically in the following categories: Statesmen and Prominent Persons, Etc.; Union Officers; Union Naval Officers; Confederate Officers; Authors, Artists, Journalists.; Clergymen; Actors.; Actresses.; War Cartoons.; Cartoons by Nast.; Barnum's Curiosities.; Views of New York.

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