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[Photograph of Helen Keller]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.153.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1954 Pagination: Ph Order a Copy

Photograph of Keller with Martha Graham. Graham is placing Keller's hand on a kneeling woman's face, and a man stands in the background.

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