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Unidentified private with moustache, seated 1/2 length portrait [tintype]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0496 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 tintype 6.7 x 5.3 cm Order a Copy

With chain from a pocket watch chain attached to a button and disappearing inside his coat.

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