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[Photograph negative of a family]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.315.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1920 Pagination: 1 photograph negative Order a Copy

One photograph negative of a family circa 1920. The photograph features a man standing next to a cradle with a baby. On the other side of the cradle is a child looking in. Further on the right side of the image is a girl sitting on a porch railing watching the group. A notation on the rear of the image reads, "Mr. Kelpe and Omer, Jim, Betty May and a little neighbor girl. Taken in front of our house"

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