This cabinet card features a young woman posing for her portrait at the studio of William Marshall Wires, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Wires was born in Cambridge, Vermont in 1842. He was a veteran of the American Civil War (originally in Fifth Regiment of Vermont Volunteers). He became a member of the Signal Corps and participated at the battle of Gettysburg. He moved to Lynn in 1872. He was a prominate photographer there from 1873 to at least 1913. He died at the Soldier's Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1920.  He was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic. This cabinet card photo is in good condition (see scans).