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[Photograph negative of a woman and man]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.674 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of a woman and man dated circa 1940. Features a woman chopping wood. Behind her is a car with a man standing next to it. The man has his foot on the wheel well as he watches the woman chop wood.

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