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President U.S. Grant - Virginia City Cabinet Photograph NV - Virginia City,Storey County - c1879 - 2

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
President U.S. Grant - Virginia City Cabinet Photograph NV - Virginia City,Storey County - c1879 - 2
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Cabinet photo believed to be taken during the famous Presidential visit to the Comstock by Ulysses S. Grant and his entourage. This photo was taken during the mines tour by members of the party, and is believed to be Grant. President Grant visited the Comstock on or around October 27, 1879, and gave speeches, attended various functions, toured the mines, and was involved in many pictures. In the Presidential party were such luminaries as Nevada Governor J.H. Kinkaid, U.S Senators J.P Jones and William Sharon, mining moguls John Mackay and J.G. Fair, and the President's family. Historically, President Rutherford B. Hayes visited less than a year later in a whirlwind trip of September 7, 1880. This was the last visit by a sitting President to the Comstock before Bill Clinton in the late 1990s. Rare. An original Grant lamp like that shown in this photo is also in this sale. - Jacobitz Collection -60255