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Associated Press [Mother Nature Takes in Washing]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.46 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Mountatin View, New Jersey Type: Photograph Date: 1958 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 20.7 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

One Wire photograph released by Associated Press dated 1958. Shows a wash line hanging from a tree. The clothing is hanging into water due to a river flooding over its banks.

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