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[Portrait of a sailor]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.127 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 11.8 x 7 cm. Order a Copy

Portrait of an enlisted sailor. Wearing hat and fine mustache.

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