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[Photograph of a couple]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.247.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of a couple circa 1920. The photograph features a couple posing for the camera. They are along rail road tracks. The man is standing with the woman seated on his shoulders.

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