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Pope As captain, Vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0646 Author/Creator: Pope Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Capt Pope" Photographers imprint on verso: "John A. Heard, 10 Tremont Row, Boston." Cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso.

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