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Abraham Lincoln Float
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Abe Lincoln Float, G.A.R. parade. There is a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln standing in the back of a truck decorated with an American flag and sign saying: "Courtesy of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company."
June 17, 1936
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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WHi 15447
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