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Unidentified sailor, 1/2 length portrait [tintype]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0501 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 tintype Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

The sailor wears the same uniform as the sailors in # 499. His uniform has large stars on the collar and a star above his top button. as paper CDV-style amt

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