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Ewing & Black (photographer) As enlisted man, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1223 Author/Creator: Ewing & Black (photographer) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Subject looks notably young, has hat in right hand and left hand in his pocket. Graphite inscription on verso "Sallie Horn" "5127" "46th Indiana" "T.M. Shanks Enlisted when 15 Yrs. Old." Photographers imprint on verso: "Ewing & Black, Photographers, Ground Floor, Broadway, Logansport, Indiana."

Ewing & Black (photographer)

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