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[Photograph negative of a child]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.679 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of a child dated circa 1940. Features a child in a diaper. He is being braced by a woman standing behind him. The only visible section of the woman is her legs, and her arms/hands holding the child's shoulders.

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