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Full length carte de visite portrait in militrary dress

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00241.24 Author/Creator: Place Written: Bienne, Switzerland Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Imprint of J. Haeuselmann, Bienne, on both recto and verso.

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