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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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Jigsaw Puzzle

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in...
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Confined to Bed

Date: 08 28 1960
Description: An insurance executive carries on with work after he was hit by a car, dictating letters to his secretary from his hospital bed, with his leg in traction.
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A Wandering Boy

Date: 03 08 1958
Description: A boy is smiling and sitting up in a bed. He has one hand on a bedside table. On the table is a tray with a bowl of cereal, a mug, a glass, and a plate wit...
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Harvey Ellerd, Jr.

Date: 01 08 1960
Description: A man is leaning on the backs of two chairs, looking to the side. Caption reads: "Chairs — enough of them and in the right places — are a major concern for...

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