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MILITARY SERVICES, 1914-1955
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African American Army Air Force Pilots, Mechanics, and
Officers at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama, 1941-1945.
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Freeman Air Field mutiny |
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Call No.: LOT 13104, nos. 17-21 (F) |
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Individual and group portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13104, nos. 22-41 (F) |
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African Americans in the Army Air Forces, during World
War II, 1944-ca. 1950, bulk 1944-1948.
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Call No.: LOT 13105 (F) |
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Emphasis is on training in the United States and active duty with the Air
Services Command in England and Italy. Activities include aviation and
mechanical training, recreation, transportation of supplies. Many portraits of
soldiers and officers enlisted in the 13th and 15th Air Force, the 92nd Field
Artillery, the 99th Fighter Squadron, and graduates of the Air Forces Training
Command, as well as other service units. Post-World War II photos show the
Berlin Air Lift of 1948 and document African American participation in this
effort. Includes one photo of Mary McLeod Bethune reviewing a military parade
held in her honor at MacDill Air Field, Tampa, Fla., and one photo of Joe Louis
with soldiers of the 15th Air Force in Italy. 175 photographic prints.
Organized into nine subject categories: Air Service Command Depot, England;
Berlin Air Lift, Operation Vittles; 15th Air Force Service Command; Military
decorations; 99th Fighter Squadron; Portraits; Recreation; Training;
Miscellaneous. |
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Air Service Command Depot, England, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 1-19 (F) |
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Berlin Air Lift, Operation Vittles, 1948 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 20-41 (F) |
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15th Air Force Service Command, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 42-63 (F) |
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Military decorations |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 64-73 (F) |
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99th Fighter Squadron, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 74-81 (F) |
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Portraits, 1944-1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 82-131 (F) |
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Recreation, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 132-137 (F) |
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Training, ca. 1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 138-165 (F) |
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Miscellaneous, 1944-1950 |
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Call No.: LOT 13105, nos. 166-174 (F) |
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African Americans in the Army Corps, during World War II,
1938-1952, bulk 1943-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13106 (F) |
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Photos show soldiers stationed at bases and training camps in the United States
and abroad. Subjects include soldiers receiving military decorations, training
exercises, and work activities, such as constructing an air field in England,
transporting supplies with the Transportation Corps, Port Battalion at the New
York Port of Embarkation, repairing equipment and automobile engines. Some
photos show soldiers at church services, reading, or involved in other leisure
activities. Many photos of organized sports events including a track and field
competition in Louisiana and Joe Louis in a boxing exhibition for the 5th Army
in Italy; some group portraits of basketball teams. Units represented include
an artillery battalion with the 8th Army in Japan; the Aviation Engineer
Construction Battalion in England; several photos of the 93rd Infantry with
combat teams on Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea); the Quartermaster
Corps; the Transportation Corps; the 92nd Infantry Division on maneuvers with
the 5th Army in Italy; and the 94th Engineer Construction Battalion working on
"Exercise Swarmer" in North Carolina, April 1950. Includes one photo of African
American troops guarding German POWs in France, a photo of a victory parade in
New York, N.Y., celebrating the return of the 332nd African American Fighter
Group (Tuskegee Airmen). Prominent people represented include General
Eisenhower talking with an African American private at an unidentified location
on the Western Front; Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., being awarded Distinguished
Service and Legion of Honor medals and shown with the 369th Artillery Regiment
of the New York National Guard (NYNG), which he commanded in 1938. Includes
individual portraits of soldiers and officers and some group portraits of
companies. 289 photographic prints. Organized into ten subject categories:
General activities; Japan, 8th Army; Military decorations; Swarmer; Port
battalions; Portraits; Recreational activities; Theater of operations;
Training; 369th Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard (NYNG). |
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General activities, 1944-1952 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 1-20 (F) |
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Japan, 8th Army, 1948-1949 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 21-29 (F) |
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Military decorations, 1943-1952 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 30-53 (F) |
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Swarmer |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 54-60 (F) |
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Port battalions, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 61-73 (F) |
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Portraits, 1942-1962 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 74-112 (F) |
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Recreational activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 113-154 (F) |
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Theater of operations |
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Australia, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 155-158 (F) |
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Belgium, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, no. 159 (F) |
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Burma India, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, no. 160-170 (F) |
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England, 1943-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 171-195 (F) |
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Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea), 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 198-203 (F) |
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France, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 196, 197, 204-218 (F) |
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Germany, 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 219-221 (F) |
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Italy, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 222-236 (F) |
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Luxemburg, 1944 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 237-238 (F) |
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South Pacific, 1944-1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 239-244 (F) |
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Training |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 245-271 (F) |
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369th Artillery Regiment, New York National Guard (NYNG) |
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Call No.: LOT 13106, nos. 272-289 (F) |
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African Americans in the Coast Guard, during World War
II, 1942-1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13107 (F) |
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Two photos show coastguardsmen at Pea Island Coast Guard Station working with a
surfboat and a signalman sending a message; three portraits of coastguardsmen
John W. Banks of Atlanta, Ga.; Willie Brown of Newark, N.J.; and Fred D.
Campbell of Chadbourn, N.C. 5 photographic prints. |
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Coast Guard |
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Call No.: LOT 13107, nos. 1-5 (F) |
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LOT 13108: LOT number not used
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African Americans in the Marines, during World War II,
1943.
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Call No.: LOT 13109 (F) |
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Photos show new recruits in combat training at Camp Lejuene, N.C.; recruits at
drills or receiving medical exams; portraits of marine officer candidates
enrolled at the Marine Training School, Quantico, Va.; portraits of Marine
journalists, a boxer, and a track athlete; Private Jeff Smith receiving the
Purple Heart; one photo of a Marine singing quintet. 16 photographic
prints. |
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Marines |
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Call No.: LOT 13109, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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African American Soldiers and Women Civilians
Participating in Activities and Services of the American Red Cross, United
Service Organizations, and Theater Special Services, during World War II,
1943-1951, bulk 1943-1946.
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Call No.: LOT 13110 (F) |
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Photos (several on postcard mounts) show soldiers and nurses in various leisure
activities at Red Cross service clubs and "clubhouses" in London, England;
Leghorn, Italy; the South Pacific; and the United States. Includes some
portraits of nurses and Red Cross directors; leisure activities and
entertainment at USO service clubs in the United States, many of which show USO
hostesses engaged in casual conversation or in social activities with soldiers.
Includes a group portrait of a Salvation Army interracial women's club and
social activities sponsored by the Theater Special Services. Prominent people
represented in USO photos include Canada Lee and Raymond Massey performing a
radio broadcast at an NBC studio; Charles Laughton at a camp show at Fort
Lawton, Wash.; Alan Ladd visiting soldiers at a Station Hospital in Kearns,
Utah; Jackie Robinson at a USO club in Daytona Beach, Fla. 58 photographic
prints. Organized into five subject categories: Red Cross, Salvation Army; ca.
1945; Theater Special Services; USO; Miscellaneous or unidentified. |
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Red Cross, 1943-ca. 1951 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 1-20 (F) |
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Salvation Army, ca. 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 21-23 (F) |
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Theater Special Services, ca. 1943 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 24-33 (F) |
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USO, 1943-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 34-56 (F) |
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Miscellaneous or unidentified, 1943, 1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 57-58 (F) |
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African Americans in the Navy, 1942-1955, bulk
1942-1949.
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Call No.: LOT 13111 (F) |
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Photos show seamen performing work duties, leisure activities, training, and
drilling on board naval vessels and at bases in Norfolk, Va.; Camp Robert
Smalls, Great Lakes, Ill.; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; and locations in
Hawaii and Guam. Includes African American cadets in integrated classroom and
training activities at the U.S. Naval Academy. Includes some photos of seamen
in recreational activities--church services, reading, letter writing. Includes
a photo of Joe Louis in a boxing exhibition at a USN base in North Africa. Two
photos of sailors and civilians at an integrated dance sponsored by "messmen on
the USS McCawley." Includes photos of Navy Seabees constructing bunk beds; one
photo of Seabee Marvin P. Smith, a New York City photographer, pictured with a
film camera at a Naval photography training school. Portraits of enlisted men
and officers, including the first African American Navy Lieutenant Edward Swain
Hope; Jesse Leroy Brown, the first African American to receive wings from the
Naval Aviation Cadet program; and Dorie Miller receiving the Navy Cross from
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1942. Other prominent people
represented include Walter White (visiting an unidentified military base),
Lester Granger (with officers at Pearl Harbor), and Hampton Institute President
Dr. Malcolm S. MacLean. 111 photographic prints. Organized into eight subject
categories: General activities; Military decorations; Portraits; Recreational
activities; Reserves; Seabees; Training; U.S. Naval Academy. |
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General activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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Military decorations |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 17-24 (F) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 25-53 (F) |
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Recreational activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 54-65 (F) |
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Reserves |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 66-74 (F) |
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Seabees |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 75-83 (F) |
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Training |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 84-99 (F) |
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U.S. Naval Academy |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 100-111 (F) |
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African, Brazilian, and West Indian Soldiers Serving with
International Forces, during World War II, 1943-ca. 1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13112 (F) |
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Includes photos of East African troops training and at leisure, in Ceylon, and
in active duty in Burma; two views of West African soldiers in India and in
Burma; West Indian soldiers training in England. Includes a few photos of women
recruits. Also includes two photos of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force--en
route to England and in Italy. Some individual and group portraits. 44
photographic prints; 1 photomechanical print. |
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Non-U.S. military, 1943-ca. 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13112, nos. 1-45 (F) |
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African American War Veterans, 1944-1952.
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Call No.: LOT 13113 (F) |
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Photos show disabled veterans making "Buddy Poppies" for a charity sale at a
New Jersey hospital and patients at veterans hospitals in Virginia, and
Washington, D.C. Includes one photo of NAACP civil rights attorney, Jack
Greenberg, with client Frank S. Cole, who was exonerated of mutiny charges
filed against him during the war; one photo of a 96-year-old Spanish American
War veteran. 8 photographic prints; 1 photomechanical print. |
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Veterans |
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Call No.: LOT 13113, nos. 1-9 (F) |
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War Film Stills and Other Miscellaneous Military
Subjects, 1914-1949.
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Call No.: LOT 13114 (F) |
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Stills from "Victory Loan Program" films: Bonds of Victory,
The Fleet That Came To Stay,
Stilwell Road,
Target--Invisible, and To Win the Peace; some photos of U.S. soldiers, stationed in England and awaiting
repatriation, taking courses in British agriculture; portrait of Bert Williams
taken during his service with the 15th Regiment, New York National Guard
(NYNG), 1914; one photo of General Pershing standing before the 10th Cavalry at
Fort Myer, Va., in 1932. 38 photographic prints; 1 print. |
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General (no. 39 is in color) |
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Call No.: LOT 13114, nos. 1-39 (F) |
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