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Millis' Gallery Carte de visite of [George Nunsley]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06272.10 Author/Creator: Millis' Gallery Place Written: Detroit, Michigan Type: Photograph Date: [1861] Pagination: 10 cm. x 6.1 cm. White mount with gold border. Order a Copy

Millis imprint and blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Yours truly, Geo. Nunsley, 8th Mich. Cav." Vignette bust portrait in civilian dress.

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Nunsley, George, fl. 1861

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