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[T. A. Wilson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.117 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1919-1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 10 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of T. A. Wilson, a Major in the United States Air Force. He is sitting behind his desk. On the desk, there is his nameplate, a photograph of a woman, and many tall stacks of bills.

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