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In uniform rank obscured, standing 3/4 length portrait with forage cap at side

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1019 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "Timean Musgrave." Graphite inscription on verso "*misc" "'BELL' photog."

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