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[Martin P. Baker, carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Jaysville, Ohio Type: Photograph signed Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: Height: 11.1 cm, Width: 7.2 cm Order a Copy

White mount with brown/red border. Inscribed twice in both ink and pencil on verso: "Martin P. Baker, Jaysville, Darke Co., Ohio." Three-quarter length seated portrait in Union uniform.

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