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Moses & Piffet Carte de visite of [Mortimer G. Smith]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06358.04 Author/Creator: Moses & Piffet Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: [1864] Pagination: 1 vignette : White Mount with Gold border Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Moses & Piffet imprint and orange two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Mortimer G[?]. Smith, 2nd Lieut. 20th U.S.C.Infty." Bust portrait in uniform.

Smith, Mortimer G., fl. 1864

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