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Unidentified lt. col. or major, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1085 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.0 cm Order a Copy

Photographers imprint on verso: "Jno. Holyland, Metropolitan Gallery, 250 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. Additional Copies from the plate from which this picture is taken can be had if desired."

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