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Ambrotype of a young private with moustache

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.28 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 7.5 x 6.5 cm Order a Copy

Half length portrait of young private with a moustache wearing a ring on his little finger. Military buttons, emblems and chevrons have been painted gold. CASE: Texture black paper on wood. Curved corners and a push latch. Case thickness 1.6 cm.

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