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[Photograph of three men]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.01.658.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: California, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: December 29, 1934 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One photograph of three men dated December 29, 1934. One man is in a fully white uniform looking at the camera. The other two men are holding butcher knives in a joking manner towards the man in white.

Kelpe, Dexter Elmer, 1902-1963
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Friendship
The Great Depression

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