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Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1239 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 7.9 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Image of Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing standing, wearing a cape and looking into the distance to his right of the camera. Inscription on image: "Lieut. Comm. W. B. Cushing." Inscription on verso: "Lieutenant Commander Wiliam [sic] Barker Cushing. --(Historic collection H. W. Fay, Dekalb, Ill). Please handle carefully and return to J. L. Graff, -avenswood, Ill."

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