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Portrait photo of General Randolph Barnes Marcy USA [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1372 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows General Marcy seated with his arms crossed. He is looking to his left of the camera, and there is a table with a book behind him. Inscription on recto: "Handy Photographer, 494 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C." Inscriptions on verso: "Genl. Marcy" and "Special."

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