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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0404 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.6 x 10.4 cm Order a Copy

Three men in civilian dress posed on road with brick building in background One man sits on the side of the road with his back to the camera. The other man sits on a horse in the middle of the road. A third man stand on the side of the road on the far right of the photograph. The arches of a brick building are visible just beyond the trees. Numeric Notation: "773 X"

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