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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.228 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Man in uniform, probably James Williams, standing for a picture in front of a car with five women and one other man. Stamped on the reverse with "635."

Williams, James T. II, 1914-1966

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