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Gurnsey, B.H. [Unidentified]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04506.65 Author/Creator: Gurnsey, B.H. Place Written: Sioux City, Iowa Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: carte de visite, : White mount. Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Verso contains Gurnsey stamp and pencil inscription: "Unidentified, 7 Iowa Cavalry." Half length seated portrait in uniform.

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