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Surprise Birthday Card
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Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM IS 50". Caption reads: "Thomas C. McFadzen stood on his surprise birthday card friends painted in his front yard."
October 4, 1981
Guldan, Dale
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