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Christmas Day, 1947. My cousin Charles "Chick" Garner sporting a football helmet. Kodachrome slide taken at my uncle Ralph Garner's house in Brady, Nebraska. My father Kenneth Garner (who took the photo) and my uncle Roscoe Garner (Charles's dad) and their families were there. View full size.
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