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[Casket of LeRoi Williams]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.415 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.1 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of LeRoi Williams' casket surrounded by flowers at his funeral service. On the wall behind the casket, there is a portrait of LeRoi.

Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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