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Ord, Edward Ortho Cresap, 1818-1883 Seated in uniform, with wife and daughter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0627 Author/Creator: Ord, Edward Ortho Cresap, 1818-1883 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by E & HT Anthony in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the US for the So. District of New York." Graphite inscription on verso "62" "**Book" "E O C Ord Maj Gen 1865." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

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