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[Photograph negative of a plane]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.602 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1942 Pagination: Order a Copy

One photograph negative of two men dated circa 1942. Features two men posing on the bank of a body of water. Both men are in military uniform and smoke is visible in the distance behind them.

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