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[Photograph negative of four people]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.216.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of four people circa 1920. The photograph features a young boy standing on a stoop getting his hair fixed by a woman. Another woman stands nearby watching. Next to the three a boy stands posing for the camera.

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