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[Photograph of a man and two children]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.090.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of man and two children circa 1940. The photograph features a man holding two small children in his arms. All three are barefoot in a yard.

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