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Osborn & Durbec "No. 3."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03919.02 Author/Creator: Osborn & Durbec Place Written: Morris Island, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 1861/04/17 ca. Pagination: Full stereo .Orange mount with Osborn & Durbec label on verso. Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

View of the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island, with Osborn & Durbec's portable darkroom visible in the background.

Osborn & Durbec

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