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Grandpa and his precious granddaughter "Zip"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04196.06 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1920 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 10.9 cm, Width: 7.6 cm Order a Copy

"Grandpa & his precious Granddaughter 'Zip,'" identified on back as Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford. Twentieth century paper print of seated old man and a little girl holding a kitten.

Moore, John B., 1826-1907
Moore, Mary M., fl. 1900-1920
Ford, William H., fl. 1900-1920

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