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Gurnsey, B.H. Mowden, James M.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04506.33 Author/Creator: Gurnsey, B.H. Place Written: Sioux City, Iowa Type: Photograph signed Date: [1861-1865] Pagination: carte de visite, : White mount. Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Verso contains stamp of Gurnsey, ink signature of Mowden, and pencil inscription in another hand: "Age 19, Co. M, 7 Iowa Cav., Native Ohio, Res. Buena Vista, Iowa." Half length seated portrait in uniform.

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