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Wax figures depict a meeting between Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, Quartermaster Museum exhibit, Fort Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, circa 1961-1980

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Alternate title:President Lincoln and General Grant confer at Appomattox Manor, April 1, 1865
Summary:Wax figures depict a meeting between Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, Quartermaster Museum exhibit, Fort Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, circa 1961-1980. Caption reads: "President Lincoln and General U.S. Grant in front of a 35 star flag in the Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia." Postcard number: 142649
Creator:Miller, Walter H.
Provider:Walter H. Miller & Company, Inc.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Virginia
Place of origin – Settlement:Williamsburg
Temporal subject: 1961-1970
1971-1980
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Virginia
Geographical subject – Settlement:Petersburg
Topical subjects:United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Galleries & museums
U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum
Fort Lee (Va.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Wax figures
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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