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[Photograph of Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.913 Author/Creator: Place Written: Jefferson City, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of Virginia Lee Heidt Kelpe circa 1940. A portrait of a Virginia encased in a cardboard frame. Signed in the lower right corner, "Love Virginia."

Kelpe, Virginia Lee Heidt, fl. 1942-1975

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