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[Photograph of backyard and log cabin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09645.034 Author/Creator: Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 photograph ; 9 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

One undated black-and-white photograph of a backyard with a log cabin in the distance.

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