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Smoking in Bed
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A young man, possibly Forest Middleton, lying on a painted iron bed with a bed spread covering him. He is holding a lighted cigarette in his left hand; a cigarette box or pack is lying on his right arm. There is a bare light bulb at the head of the bed, with the cord wrapped around the frame of the headboard.
1920
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New Shoes
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