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E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0404 Author/Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1863/12 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.4 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "6." Ink inscription on verso "Ulysses S. Grant. Lieut. Gen. U.S.A." "December 1863." Photographed as major general, half-length seated view, facing right. Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photogaphic Negative at Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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