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Carte de visite, 10.0 x 6.0 cm. White mount.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04506.07 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sioux City, Iowa Type: Photograph signed Date: [1861-1865] Pagination: Order a Copy

Verso contains stamp of Gurnsey, ink signature of Carter, and pencil inscription in another hand: "Age 19, Co. M, 7 Iowa Cav., Res. Wyoming, Nativity- Indiana." Vignette bust portrait in uniform.

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