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[Photograph of a man]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.914 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of a man circa 1940. A portrait of a young man encased in a cardboard frame. Same as GLC10047.02.915.

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