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MILITARY SERVICES, 1914-1955
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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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MISCELLANEOUS, 1920-1963
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Photographs and other visual materials that do not appear to relate to any of the
above series or that lack sufficient identification to assign to a specific
series. Included here are personal snapshot photos that belonged to Roy Wilkins.
Although some of the individual images may relate to specific campaigns, groups
are kept together to preserve their provenance. |
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Domestic Scenes, ca. 1948.
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Call No.: LOT 13115 (F) |
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Views of women in domestic settings: bottle feeding infants (using disposable
bottles) and cooking. Includes one photo of the "Shellie Nurser" kit showing
pre-sterilized collapsible and disposable bottles. 5 photographic prints. |
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General |
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Call No.: LOT 13115, nos. 1-5 (F) |
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Arkansas Flood Areas and Residents, 1937 and
1941.
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Call No.: LOT 13116 (F) |
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Scenes of Arkansas flood area and residents, showing half-submerged houses and
buildings, telephone poles, streets; several photographs show children playing
in the flood waters. One photograph shows an African American woman, her four
children, and a dog--flood victims--in a box car near Elaine, Ark. 12
photographic prints. |
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1937, 1941 |
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Call No.: LOT 13116, nos. 1-12 (F) |
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Florida Legislative Committee Investigation of the NAACP,
1957.
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Call No.: LOT 13117 (F) |
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Informal portraits of groups and individuals relating to a Florida committee's
investigation of the NAACP. Includes one photo of a U.S. post office. Includes
one envelope addressed to Henry L. Moon, NAACP director of public relations
(sent from Tampa, Fla., 11 Feb. 1957). 12 photographic prints. |
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1957 |
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Call No.: LOT 13117, nos. 1-13 (F) |
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Scenes of Interracial Relations, ca. 1950-ca.
1960.
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Call No.: LOT 13118 (F) |
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Scenes showing interracial groups of all ages participating in various
activities: art and dance classes, choirs, sports activities, family dinners,
etc.--in the United States and in Germany. 16 photographic prints; 1
photomechanical print. |
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ca. 1950-ca. 1960 |
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Call No.: LOT 13118, nos. 1-17 (F) |
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Roy Wilkins' Personal Snapshots, 1920-1938.
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Call No.: LOT 13119 (F) |
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Winter scenes of flood area, victims, and relief at Paducah and Louisville,
Ky., and at Memphis, Ark.--documenting the flooding of the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers. Photos of tent camps, levees, and flood-damaged buildings. Includes
snapshots of NAACP New York City office flying a banner that reads "A MAN WAS
LYNCHED YESTERDAY." Also includes photographs taken at Livingston and Logan,
Mont., and White Bear Lake, Minn. Prominent people include Mary McLeod Bethune,
C.A. Franklin (in front of a St. Louis Call office), Thurgood Marshall, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. Also
includes photos of the George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.). 70
photographic prints; 32 contact prints (87 images). Organized into three
subject categories: Flood area and victims; Portraits; Miscellaneous. |
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Flood area and victims |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 1-31 (F) |
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Portraits, 1920-1938 |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 32-69 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 70-102 (F) |
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Art, Art Collections, Exhibits, Models, and Artists and
Their Studios, 1924-1963, bulk 1940-1950.
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Call No.: LOT 13120 (F) (H) |
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Photos showing art, art collections, exhibits, models, and artists and their
studios. Artists whose work is represented include Paul Arlt, Richmond
Barthé, Anne Beadenkopf, Peter Cohen, John O'Hara Cosgrave II, Allan Rohan
Crite, Lee Hill, Melvin Gray Johnson, William H. Johnson, Horace Pippin,
Caroline S. Rohland, Vandercook (possibly), Ali Warren, and Ellis Wilson.
Includes photos of portrait paintings of NAACP officials, including Juanita
Jackson Mitchell, Thurgood Marshall, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. Also
includes photographs of portraits of prominent African American scientists and
entertainers. Includes two sets of prints issued by the Harmon Foundation:
"Sculpture by Richmond Barthé," and "Portraits of Outstanding Americans of
Negro Origin, Painted by Two Women Artists: Betsy Graves Reyneau and Laura
Wheeler Waring." Also includes photographs of artifacts in African art
collections. 94 photographic prints; 41 photomechanical prints; 1 cyanotype.
Organized into four subject categories: Art reproductions; Sculpture
reproductions; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous illustrations. |
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Art reproductions |
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General subjects |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 1-13, (F) |
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General subjects |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 14-15 (H) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 16-41 (H) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 42-52 (F) |
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Sculpture reproductions |
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General |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 53-68 (F) |
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African |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 69-114 (F) |
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Richmond Barthé reproductions published by the Harmon
Foundation |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 115-128 (H) |
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Miscellaneous, 1940-1948 |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 129-131 (F) |
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Miscellaneous illustrations (unidentified artists) |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 132-136 (H) |
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Youth Organizations and Activities,
1943-1954.
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Call No.: LOT 13121 (F) |
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Photos showing youth groups and activities. Includes photos of Boy Scouts, 4-H
Club groups, and the Stokowski Youth Orchestra. Includes photographs of Leopold
Stokowski. 23 photographic prints. Organized into four subject categories: Boy
Scouts; 4-H Club; National Youth Administration/Stokowski Youth Orchestra;
Miscellaneous. |
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Boy Scouts |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 1-4 (F) |
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4-H Club |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 5-10 (F) |
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National Youth Administration/Stokowski Youth Orchestra |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 11-22 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 23 (F) |
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Miscellaneous or Unidentified Subjects, 1938-ca.
1950.
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Call No.: LOT 13122 (F) (H) (PR12) |
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