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Colorized from this original Shorpy posting. View full size.
Amazing, beautiful work.
I'll add my congratulations to those of Dennis.
This is a superb piece of work. Well done!
Clarity and attention to detail made me take a closer look... is this really a colorized photo? I know is it because it matches the quality of the rest of your submissions. Excellent work.
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