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Captain Peter Smith
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Ferrotype/tintype of Captain Peter Smith. Full-length portrait, facing front, with body facing slightly right, with his left hand on the back of a chair. He is wearing a knee-length coat, and has long sideburns.
circa 1870-1879
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