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E.J. McMullen and George Bandoll

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.01.41 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 tintype ; 12.4 x 8.1 cm. Order a Copy

McMullen poses sitting. Bandoll poses standing beside him. Tintype photographs mounted in an ornate enclosure.

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