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Keet & Gemmill In civilian suit, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1105 Author/Creator: Keet & Gemmill Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Theodore L. Shirk Co. 'D' 20th Regt. P. V." "205." Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Keet & Gemmill, Corner Third and Market Sts. Harrisburg, PA. Duplicates furnished at any time No. .........." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

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