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Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891 Adml. D.D. Porter [illegible] [993 full-plate collodion negative]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0479 Author/Creator: Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph negative Date: 1865? Pagination: 1 glass negative Height: 27.2 cm, Width: 22.1 cm Order a Copy

Full plate collodion negative, cracked along the center, with spacer to prevent abrasion. Previously framed, a typed note in the frame (transcribing an inscription in the negative) read: "Admiral David Dixon Porter. Commander Mississippi River Fleet and Mobile Bay, 1863-1864... Brady Negative." This negative is Ex-Hardy and Ex-Meredith. LIMITED USE: USE COPY PRINT.

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