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Captains Jane and Clark

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.206 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. With tax stamp. Shows three soldiers and a civilian servant [?] in front of a tent.

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