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Unknown [Mourners standing outside church]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.124 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa October 1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy

Mourners standing outside the church after LeRoi Williams' funeral. The photograph is similar to GLC09587.123 but there is a larger crowd in the street.

Williams, LeRoi S. (1919-1943)

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