<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: photographichist06inmill (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2Fphotographichist06inmill%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidphotographichist06inmill">The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1911">1911</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorMiller__Francis_Trevelyan__1877_1959">Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorLanier__Robert_S___Robert_Sampson___1880_">Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-</a><br><b>Subjects</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectWar_photography">War photography</a><br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNew_York___Review_of_Reviews_Co_">New York : Review of Reviews Co.</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorLincoln_Financial_Foundation_Collection">Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorThe_Institute_of_Museum_and_Library_Services_through_an_Indiana_State_Library_LSTA_Grant">The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/photographichist06inmill/photographichist06inmill#page/n72/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/photographichist06inmill">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidphotographichist06inmill">All Images From Book</a><br>
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