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[Two men shaking hands in front of a car ]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09554.07 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: August 1941 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7.4 cm. Order a Copy

Two men, labeled Chuck and Tony, shaking hands in front of a car

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