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LL/64505
Unidentified photographer
1863
Embalming surgeon at work on a soldier's body during the American Civil War

Glass negative, wet collodion
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-cwpb-01887 (digital file from original neg.) LC-B8171-2531 (b&w film copy neg.), Call Number: LC-B811- 2531 [P&P] LOT 4168 (corresponding print)
 
Based on a similar stereoview taken at the same time the Embalming surgeon was Dr. Richard Burr, Army of the James.
 
LL/64505


 

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