Cook, I.W., ? As Navy ensign, seated 1/2 length portrait with right elbow on back of chair
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1393 Author/Creator: Cook, I.W., ? Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6 cm Order a Copy
Morton wears the shoulder insignia of an ensign, but the sleeve stripes of a staff master. Ink inscription on recto "G. W. Morton--U.S. Navy." Ink inscription on verso "GW Morton U.S. Navy." Photographers imprint on verso: "I. W. Cook, Photographer, Wemouth Landing, Ms. Photographs Additional Copies from the plate from which this picture is taken, can be had if desired." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.
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