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Osborn & Durbec "No. 2."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03919.01 Author/Creator: Osborn & Durbec Place Written: Morris Island, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: [1861/04/17 ca.] Pagination: 8.3 cm. x 17.2 cm. Full stereo .Red mount with Osborn & Durbec label on verso. Order a Copy

View of the Iron Clad Battery at Morris Island from the rear.

Osborn & Durbec

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