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[Photograph negative of a large group]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.754 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of a large group dated circa 1920. Features a large group posing on the steps leading up to a building. There are ten men and one woman. The men are gathered around the woman and holding her leaning outward. One man is slightly below the group on one knee gesturing upwards toward the woman. The whole group is laughing and smiling.

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