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Clark's Studio The graduating class of '48

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.286 Author/Creator: Clark's Studio Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1948 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 31.4 cm Order a Copy

Men and women in graduation caps and gowns with staff grouped together. Written in pen at the bottom says "the graduating class of '48." The names of the men and women from the administration are labeled in pen. Stamped on the back says "phone 2-3372 Clark's Studio Portrait and Commercial Photography 20 Gilmer Ave., N.W Roanoke, Va."

Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-

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