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Ambrotype of a soldier with bayonet

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.19 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

Half length seated pose. Buttons and military emblems have been painted gold. A gun with bayonet leans against the soldier's shoulder. Ruby glass. CASE: Stamped paper on wood. Case thickness 1.9

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