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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 As brigadier general, 3/4 standing, wearing sword, holding hat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0473 Author/Creator: Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

With disheveled hair. Ink inscription on recto "Hooker." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite inscription on verso "Gen. Hooker." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

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