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[Piece of wallpaper]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.1642 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: 1929-1945 Pagination: 1 sketch : color ; 13 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

A piece of Marge's wallpaper with sketches of U.S Army trucks in the background, and what looks like a conquistador.

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