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[Photograph of a man and child]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.386 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of a man and child circa 1920. The photograph features a man holding the hands of an African American child helping him to stand. Behind them is the side of a train.

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