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Summary
No accession number.
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published in: "Sentimental Twaddle" by Jesse Lynch Williams, Collier's magazine 49:23 (April 13, 1912).
Tags
Date
01/01/1912
Contributors
Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html
