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Ziegfield Follies

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Bert Williams (right) and Leon Errol (left) are a cabbie and his fare from the 1912 Ziegfield Follies. The cab is drawn by a rumpled pantomime horse. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a New York street.

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1912

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1912

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W013N2J
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WHi 5274

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