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People in Countryside, Cuba
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A man wearing a straw hat is sitting on the ground holding a baby in the countryside in Cuba. A woman sitting behind him is looking at the photographer. The woman's shoes are sitting in the foreground with a can of food.
1959
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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WHi 85281
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