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Unidentified 2nd lieutenant, standing full-length portrait left hand in pocket

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1053 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "50¢" Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Henry Moltz, No. 217 West Baltimore Street, Near Charles, Baltimore, MD." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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