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Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland Johnny Clem

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05135.007 Author/Creator: Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : B&W ; 7 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

Full-length. Napoleonic pose.

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