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[Clown and woman postcard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.03.302 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Postcard Date: circa 1942-1945 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One blank postcard circa 1942-1945. Postcard features a woman with her foot on a step adjusting her hose behind her a clown is watching. The bottom of the postcard reads, "The Bank May be Busted, But I Wish I Owned he Buildin'!"

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