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[Photograph of a woman and child]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.500 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of a woman and child circa 1920. The photograph features a woman holding a child on her hip. Behind them is a building. The woman is only partially in the photo. A notation on the front of the photo reads, "Virginia Klasse and half of her mother."

Klasse, Virginia, fl. 1920

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