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Tintype of a camp scene featuring a cabin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.08 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 12.1 x 10.1 cm Order a Copy

Camp scene showing a group of men in front of a cabin. CASE: Union case, acanthus and small flower design. Case thickness 2.6 cm.

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