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Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries Unidentified officer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07777.15 Author/Creator: Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 1862 - 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 7 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Standing officer with mustache.

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