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[Photograph of Merle Curti]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.078.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Madison, Wisconsin Type: Photograph signed Date: 20 September 1966 Pagination: Ph 27.9 x 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Accompanying letter (see GLC05508.078.01).

Curti, Merle, fl. 1966

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