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Red leather case with three photographs.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06196.202 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: 1940-1945 Pagination: Order a Copy

Red leather case with three photographs: 1) Hilldring in uniform; 2) Hilldring in civilian dress; 3) Hilldring with his wife and two children seated on a porch; 4) Girl with cat found behind photo #3.

Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974

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