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Osborn's Gallery "Fort Sumter nach der Beschießung."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04509.19 Author/Creator: Osborn's Gallery Place Written: [Charleston, South Carolina] Type: Photograph Date: [1861/04] Pagination: carte de visite, 6.2 x 10.1 cm. White mount with gold border. Order a Copy

Osborn stamp on verso. Pencil inscription on verso: "Fort Sumter nach der Beschießung." View of Fort Sumter from across the water.

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