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NH 57256-A CSS Alabama (1862-1864)

Photo #: NH 57256-A CSS Alabama (1862-1864)
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Title: CSS Alabama (1862-1864)
Description: Reverse of a carte de visite bearing, on its obverse, a photograph of Captain Raphael Semmes and First Lieutenant John M. Kell on board the Alabama during her August 1863 visit to Capetown. The card features the mark of E. Burmester, of Cape Town. See photo numbers NH 57256 and NH 57256-KN for reproductions of the carte de visite's photograph. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 57256-A
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