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Unknown [Byron P. Drowne]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01008.02.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: El Paso, Texas Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 7.6 x 6 cm. Order a Copy

Photograph of Byron P. Drowne sitting. He was aboard the U.S.S. Midnight

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