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[Lash LaRue photo].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.165.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: circa 1983 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 25.7 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Photograph of LaRue on his horse Black Diamond, with contemporary photo of LaRue in the bottom right-hand corner. Inscribed by LaRue to a teacher named Bob.

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