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Ambrotype family portrait showing 11 people, including 2 soldiers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 15.2 x 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Family portrait featuring a mother, father, two daughters, four civilian sons and two soldier sons (in rear of photo). CASE: Stamped cloth on wood. Case thickness 2.1 cm.

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