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Fawx, Egbert Guy View of sailors posed on the deck of the Monitor "Mahopac." [1864-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0310 Author/Creator: Fawx, Egbert Guy Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1864-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 27.9 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscriptions on recto: "James River below Confed. battery Howell," "register 6" under x 21/2 high," and "Faux." Graphite inscription "3046" on recto is circled with blue crayon. Stamp of Century Company on verso. Graphite inscription "VI 145" on verso.

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