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Sissman Studio Mary Harris

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.406 Author/Creator: Sissman Studio Place Written: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph Date: 1960-1961 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 13.7 cm, Width: 8.7 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of a young African American woman. She wears a long pearl necklace, glasses, a white lace dress, and stares seriously at the camera. On the reverse, "Mary Harris" is written. It is printed on postcard paper.

Harris, Mary, fl. 1960-1969

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