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Stone, Jonah, fl. 1861 Carte de visite, enlisted man, standing full-length portrait wearing forage hat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1255 Author/Creator: Stone, Jonah, fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "Jonah Stone." Graphite inscription on verso "No - inscribed Jonah" "Probably Lewiston Maine" "slo" "i." Modern ink inscription on verso "James [sic] Stone." Photographers imprint on verso: "McPherson & Oliver. Photographers, No. 132 Canal Street, Up stairs." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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