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Unidentified Artillery officer with saber, officer's hat and shoulder braids

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0866 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "San Francisco, Calif." Photographers imprint on verso: "W.D. Dyer Photographer 612 Clay street." Cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso.

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