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Charles D. Fredricks & Co. [Carte de visite of Raphael Semmes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04089 Author/Creator: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. Place Written: Nassau, Bahamas Type: Photograph Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Shown in civilian clothing. Taken in Nassau, Bahamas with arm on flag. Publisher imprint on verso.

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

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