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[Photograph of Elias William Beach]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.31 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Depicts Beach later in life with a full grey beard. He is wearing a uniform adorned what appear to be G.A.R medals, and a G.A.R. hat. Image is printed on thick cardboard. This image is printed in Beach's obituary (GLC00919.25.32).

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

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