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[Photograph of a woman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.239 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of a woman circa 1920. The photograph features a woman standing at the side of a house holding a gardening hose. She looks to either be watering the lawn or threating someone off camera with the water. There is a notation in pen on the top left corner of the photo that reads, "Mountain." A notation on the rear of the photo reads, "Colorado Springs. -Last Summer."

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