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Charles D. Fredricks & Co. As colonel, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0299 Author/Creator: Charles D. Fredricks & Co. Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "[struck: Gen John Cochrane]" "1863" "Col Michael Corcoran N.Y. 69th." Photographers imprint on verso: "Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 'Specialite,' 587 Broadway, New York."

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