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[Photograph of a woman and four children]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.092 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of woman and four children circa 1940. The photograph features a woman with her arms around four children three of the children are older and one is holding a baby.

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