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Kemsley Newspapers Ltd. [General Patton at Fern Hill]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06760.24 Author/Creator: Kemsley Newspapers Ltd. Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1945 May 29 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.9 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Photograph of Patton posing at Fern Hill. Copyright stamp on verso.

Patton, George S. (George Smith)., 1885-1945

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