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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 [Pay Master Rittenhouse, U.S.N., carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04187.21 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.4 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

White mount with Gutekunst imprint on verso. Pencil caption from album: "Pay Master Rittenhouse, U.S.N." Vignette bust portrait in civilian clothes.

Green, Charles, fl. 1861-1865
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Photography
Civil War
Military History
Navy
Union Forces
The American Civil War

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