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Unknown [Photograph of two women]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.409 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w. ; 11.2 x 6.9 cm. Order a Copy

A photograph of two African American women. They are standing with their arms around each other in the backyard of a house in front of a globe on a post. The one on the left is older with graying hair. The one on the right is younger, with short dark hair.

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