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[Photograph of a person in front of a building]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.072 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of a person in front of a building circa 1940. The photograph features a person standing in a doorway of a building. To the right of the building is the rear of a car. There is section of black fogging across the top half of the photo, likely due to an error in the developing process. Same as GLC10047.02.066.

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