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Unidentified naval officers and sailors posed on deck of ship near the wheel. [Copy 1]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0351 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 24.1 x 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Image identical to .0250, but has a purplish - brown tone.
See GLC 5111.01.0251

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