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Shall We Dance?
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Five students in costume are dancing while several adults are looking on. Caption reads: "SHALL WE DANCE? Children practiced an Asian dance before performing in the Heritage Night program this week at 38th Street School. Heritage Night highlighted the ethnic backgrounds of the children attending the school."
February 1988
Gehrz, Jim
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