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[tintype, three quarter length]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.40 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: Height: 11.7 cm, Width: 9.2 cm Order a Copy

Unmounted. Three quarter length view in civilian dress facing proper right. Pants are light colored fabric with a dark strip down the side.

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