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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.36 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

Men gathered in a circle with officers in the center obscured. Unidentified young boy in foreground. White paint at edge to create vignette, and penciled instructions on back regarding vignette.

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