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Vivandiere woman wearing infantry hat and long dress, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1048 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.1 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Vivandierre 12th Regt." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Galleries. No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington, D.C. & Broadway & Tenth Street, New York."

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