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Unidentified soldier rank obscured, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1155 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.8 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Subject is wearing the uniform of a Chasseur de Vincennes, with his right arm crossing his chest. Photographers imprint on verso: "Fred Ulrich, Photographer, No. 156 Bowery, New York."

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