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Mrs. Sue Fity and Aunt Lucy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.407 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1960-1969 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 9 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of two African American women standing in front of the steps to a house. The one on the left wears a pearl necklace and earrings, holding a cane. The one on the right wears a patterned dress and holds a book. On the reverse, "Mrs. Sue Fity, Aunt Lucy" is handwritten.

Fity, Sue, fl. 1960-1969

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