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They planned "Roger"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.223 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1942-1949 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 5.2 cm Order a Copy

A newspaper clipping with a picture of James T. Williams sitting at a table with papers for "Roger" the musical. He is flanked by two men on either side who look down in concentration. The article describes them as the "brain-trust" who created the musical for the War Bond Rally in Norfolk.

Williams, James T. II, 1914-1966

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