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Unidentified soldier rank obscured, seated 3/4 length portrait arm on table

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1029 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "*misc." Photographers imprint on verso: "S.B. Brown Photographer 101 Westminster St. Prov. R.I. Additional copies from the plate from which this picture is taken can be had if desired."

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