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Unidentified warship

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1297 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Image shows warship on a river, with two people and a house in the foreground on shore. Photographers imprint on verso: "A. D. Lytle, Main Street, Baton Rouge, La. Additional Copies from the plate from which this picture is taken, can be had if desired."

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