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scan from 35mm color transparency by Michael Glass or other staff, made c. 2003-2008, saved as small 500x700 pixel TIF, for Russell Lewis' PowerPoint and other presentations; original TIF file edited by Hannah Rothfield 6/09 and saved as JPG, metadata added 7/09

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