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[Group of young women]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.292 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

A group of young African-American women posing together. The wall behind them reads "Welcome Banneke" and is partially shown. Similar to GLC09587.293.

Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-

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