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July 1942. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at a baseball game: wives, sweethearts and children of the players; passersby and regular fans." Medium-format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Ms. Collins seems to have taken composition lessons from the groundbreaking John Vachon.
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