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Lowery & Donnell, Photographers In union uniform rank obscured, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1112 Author/Creator: Lowery & Donnell, Photographers Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.9 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "4.13." Ink inscription on verso "A. S. McHenry Capt. of Co. 'A' 28th U.S. C. Troops." Photographers imprint on verso: "Lowery & Donnell, Photographers, Indiana, PA."

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