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Unknown Photograph of the living room in the suite.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.1673 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 2002-2008 Pagination: 1 photograph : color ; 16.2 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

View from the inside of a hotel room possibly Cove House, Sylvia sits in the doorway in a wheelchair facing out.

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