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Shower Planned for Jean Downs Before Wedding

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09993.300.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: Corsicana, Texas Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 4 January 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping entitled, "Shower Planned for Jean Downs Before Wedding." Relays the details of a bridal shower thrown for Jean Downs by her friends.

Downs, Jean, fl. 1944

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