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[Williams family photo]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.413 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w. ; 10.2 x 15.1 cm. Order a Copy

A group photo of nine people. From left to right, there is James Williams Jr., his wife, Cordelia Williams, Geraldine Williams, Harold Hamilton Williams, Booker Kent, Virginia, an unknown woman, and Eugene Williams. These names are listed in handwriting on the reverse. All of the men except booker are in uniform, and the woman are all dressed up.

Williams, Eugene W., 1925-1949
Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978
Williams, Geraldine Pinn, fl. 1915-1946
Williams, H. Hamilton, 1911-1981
Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-
Kent, Booker, fl. 1943-1975
Kent, Virginia Williams, 1918-1987
Williams, James T. II, 1914-1966

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