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[Photograph of person being launched in the water]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.022 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of a person being launched in the water circa 1920. The photograph features a person in mid- flight after being launched into the air by two others in a body of water. A notation on the back of the photo reads, "169."

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