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National guard encampment, soldier in tent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.252 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1860/07 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

A soldiers in a tent. Handwritten on back: W. C. Macferrir (sp?), Camp of National Guards, Bethlehem, Pa. July 1860." "W. Macfenan in tent." Good view of tent interior. On a plain, cream colored mount.

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