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Unknown [Aerial View of Islands]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.289 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Mariana Islands Type: Photograph Date: 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.0 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

An aerial photograph of islands taken from a plane.

A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" are miscellaneous photos of crew/camps/places in the Pacific.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

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