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  • Roosevelt in Washington... Lenin's Bolsheviki...
    Item #717081
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 1, 1919. 

    * Color cover, "The World Question"
    * Lenin's Socialism comes for the World
    * Multiple ads for products of the era

    This issue features a color cover, "The World Question". Within the issue is an article, "Roosevelt's Introduction to... Read full description  

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  • Anthracite coal region...  Great era-themed ads...
    Item #717043
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 23, 1918

    * Cover is color illustration of a WWI Savings Stamp
    * Anthracite coal region of Scranton to Shamokin, PA.
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
     
    The front page is a color illustration: "BE A STAR", captioned: “A Nation is as Prosperous as its Children are... Read full description  
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  • A nice color cover by Orson Lowell - worker reading a newspaper during lunch...
    Item #717038
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 7, 1920
     
    * Orson Lowell color cover - construction worker reading newspaper during lunch
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration by Orson Lowell: "The Topic of the Day"... Read full description  
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  • Submarine Warfare... Patriotic poem by Minna Irving...
    Item #717009
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 22, 1917 
     
    * Front color cover… ON GUARD
    * "OUR COUNTRY" - poem by Minna Irving
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration of: "ON GUARD - Naval Militiaman Protecting Brooklyn Bridge, Destruction of Which... Read full description  
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  • Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge color cover... double page German battle front map...
    Item #717008
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, October 5, 1918
     
    * Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge color cover - YMCA
    * Double-page map of German battle-front
    * Full-page color ads
     
    The front page is a color illustration by C. Le Roy Baldridge: “At the sign of the Red Triangle" (with Y.M.C.A. in the... Read full description  
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  • Bombing a Zepplin... Frameable auto ads...
    Item #717007
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 4, 1916
     
    * Color cover
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration: "The Moth and The Flame".  Several articles related to WWI are present - including a full-page photo showing a plane dropping a bomb on a... Read full description  
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  • Orson Lowell WWI-themed color cover... Baseball pitching sketches...
    Item #717005
    LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York, April 13, 1918 
     
    * Orson Lowell color cover
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration by Orson Lowell: "Doing His Bit".  Several articles related to WWI are present along with period... Read full description  
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  • Displayable Fourth of July issue from 1910...
    Item #716816
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, June 30, 1910  The photo shows the very nice and displayable color cover beneath which is noted: "Fourth of July Number", obviously celebrating the 4th of July, or Independence Day. Avery nice issue for display.
    Complete in 26 pages, lacking a back cover, excellent condition. Very... Read full description  
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  • Print of Joseph Rainey, the first African-American to serve in the House...
    Item #716450
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 14, 1871  

    * Joseph Rainey sworn in w/ illustration
    * 1st African American to serve in U.S. Congress


    Inside has a nice pint captioned: "Hon. J. H. Rainey, The First Colored American Representative--from a Photograph by Brady". There is a... Read full description  
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  • Execution of Champ Ferguson...
    Item #716126
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Nov. 11, 1865  The full front page has 5 prints of: "The Catastrophe on Board the Steamer St. John".
    Prints inside include: "Burning of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, Detroit" "Passengers & Crew of the Ship Titania Rescued..." "The Old Landmarks of New York City--House, N.W. Corner of Peck Skip and... Read full description  

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  • Russian and Polish emigrants being vaccinated in New York (1881)...
    Item #715769
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 14, 1881  The front cover has: "NEW YORK CITY - HEALTH OFFICERS VACCINATING RUSSIAN AND POLISH IMIGRANTS ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP 'VICTORIA,' AT QUARANTINE...", which has a related article on page 6. Two inside pages have vignettes related to the progress of... Read full description  
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  • 1887 White House Easter egg roll...
    Item #714497
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.
    Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas --... Read full description  
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  • Front page print shows Lincoln being assassinated...
    Item #711122
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 29, 1865 

    * Famous Abraham Lincoln assassination issue
    * Much more uncommon than the Harper's Weekly


     This issue remains one of the most desired for this historic, tragic event, as it is one of the only newspapers which included a front page graphic showing the actual... Read full description  
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  • See the wealth of nice prints...
    Item #709988
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 5, 1890  The full ftpg. has 2 prints regarding: "Coney Island Jockey Club--The Great Match Race Between Tenny and Salvator...".
    Prints inside include: "The Swampers of the Lower Mississippi"; a full page on: "The Alaska Expedition"; a full page: "...Yale-Princeton... Read full description  

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  • Death of Jay Gould...   Black scholar William Sanders Scarborough...
    Item #709986
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 15, 1892   The full front page is a photo of: "The Late Jay Gould" with page 4 having an accompanying article of the same heading. Yet another page is filled with six photos of: "The Birthplace & Some of the Residences of the Late Jay Gould".... Read full description  

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  • Prince of Wales' visit to Canada...   Honors to boxer John Heenan...
    Item #709981
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 25, 1860  The full front page is a print of: "Sir Edmund W. Head, Governor-General of Canada". Additionally, inside has 5 prints relating to the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada.
    A very nice full page print: "Grand Festival Reception to John C.... Read full description  

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  • The International Cricket Match... Oystering...
    Item #706372
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 15, 1859  The front page has: "The Great Oyster Excitement - Scene On Board The Schooner Yankee Bird...". The inside has the desirable: "The International Cricket Match At Hoboken - Scene On The St. George's Ground, On The Morning Of The Match", which tells of the... Read full description  
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  • Print of a baseball player...
    Item #705976
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, Aug. 18, 1866  Inside has a nice one column print of baseball player: "G. A. Flagg, Cambridge B.B. Club, Cambridge, Mass." with a related article headed: "Our Base Ball Illustrations".
    The front page has a nice print captioned: "The Town of Heart's Content, Trinity Bay,... Read full description  
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  • Billiards, and the Great Eastern...
    Item #705917
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 1, 1859  Inside has a print of: "Michael Phelan's Billiard Saloons..." and a: "Diagram of Shot" in billiards. The centerfold has a nice print of: "The Great Eastern Steamship As She Will Appear At Sea" with another small print of it. Lengthy article as well.
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  • Portrait of an early baseball player...
    Item #705668
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 29, 1866 Page 4 has a 3 by 2 inch portrait of: "Edward Beadle, Gotham B. B. Club Of New York." Included is a report headed: "Our Base Ball Illustrations" that compares the "new school" of ball players to the "old boys" and then describes the talent and skills of... Read full description  
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  • Portrait of baseball player James Maxwell...
    Item #705667
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 1, 1866  Inside has a one column portrait of: "Mr. James Maxwell, of the Susquehanna B. B. Club, Wilkes Barre, Pa." The same page has an article on him: "Our Base-Ball Illustrations" which begins: "Number six of our portraits of prominent baseball players is that... Read full description  
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  • View of Chattanooga...
    Item #705665
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 8, 1866  Inside has a full page print: "Chattanooga, Tennessee, From Lookout Mountain". Other prints include: "Bacon's Castle, Surry, Virginia" "The Steamer Wyoming on the Banks" & other scenes near Long Branch, New Jersey; "Great Conflagration at Jersey City...Destruction... Read full description  
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  • Preparing for the Statue of Liberty...   Oklahoma Boomers... Tenement House fire…
    Item #705664
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, May 16, 1885  The front page is a montage of prints concerning the trial of Richard Short for the assault on Capt. Phelan.
    Inside has a very dramatic print of: "The Tenement House Fire...A Father's Desperate Resort--Four Children Thrown from a 3rd... Read full description  
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  • Beautiful & colorful front cover...
    Item #705505
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 6, 1892  The very handsome front page shows two women, a child & a man: "Driving A Bargain."  Done in full color--unusual for front pages at this time--making it a very nice display item.
    Twenty pages, in very nice, clean condition.
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  • Nice print of the Chicago baseball team...
    Item #705497
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 6, 1885

    * Chicago White Stockings w/ Cap Anson

    Certainly the most notable print in this issue is the page 5 half page print captioned: "Illinois--The Chicago Baseball Club" showing the entire team in uniform, with a nice article on them on another page.
    This is a very nice print, and... Read full description  
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  • Croquet, fishing, and more great prints...
    Item #705494
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 6, 1890  The front page is a great print featuring: "Croquet in Connecticut--The Prize Tournament at Norwich" which includes 4 comic scenes as well.
    Among the prints inside are: "A Turpentine Still near New Berne" "A Watermelon Auction on the North River Front, New... Read full description  
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  • Great full page baseball print...   Rare Bocce Ball print...
    Item #705492
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 31, 1889  The full front page is a nice print: "At Lake George Landing--Saluting the Passengers".
    But likely the most significant print is a great full page: "A Base-Ball Incident--Caught Between The Bases" which shows a player caught in a rundown.
    Other good... Read full description  
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  • Great Western print on the cover...
    Item #705432
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 7, 1890  The full ftpg. is a great illustration which seems as though it was taken from the Western movie, captioned: "Life in the Mining Regions of the Far West--Selling his Life Dearly." showing a cowboy trying to fend off a group of Indians on horseback.
    A fullpg. with 9:... Read full description  
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  • One of the best early baseball prints, the game made famous by Currier & Ives...
    Item #705428
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 26, 1865 

    * Famous Currier and Ives baseball game print

    The top of page 4 has one of the better baseball prints of the era, showing the action at the famous game played at Hoboken on August 3, 1865 between the Atlantics of Brooklyn and the Mutuals of New York.
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  • Clam bake...  Mining in Colorado...
    Item #705419
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 15, 1871 The front cover contains a half page illustration "Yachting  - At the Helm" along with two smaller illustrations of the Cape May Regatta prizes.
    Within the issue is a full page contain two prints of the Clam Bake at Round Island, Connecticut; a nearly half-page print of the Gulch... Read full description  
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  • First mention of skiing in an American newspaper?     Barnum's paper...
    Item #704926
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 19, 1853  P.T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly". These latter two ultimately becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers... Read full description  
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  • Summer "swimming" in New York... Texas Cattle-driving... West Point Examination Week...
    Item #704889
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 16, 1883 (see note below)

    * The summer baths of New York - delight of both genders
    * Cattle-driving in Texas
    * West Point Examination Week illustration


    The front cover has: "New York City - Opening Of The Free Public Baths: Street Arabs Taking An Early... Read full description  
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  • Decoration Day... Captain Crook and Apache scouts...
    Item #704888
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 2, 1883 (see note below)

    * Decoration Day (Memorial Day) themed prints
    * Apache Indians... General Crook


    The front cover and pg. 8 (paginated pg. 236) both have Decoration Day-themed illustrations. An inside page has seated portraits of Gen. Crooks & his Apache scout. Another shows a group... Read full description  
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  • The Forest Hills disaster (Bussey Bridge train calamity)...
    Item #704858
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 26, 1887  The front page has a dramatic illustration of the train wreck on the Bussey Bridge in the Roslindale section of Boston (near Forest Hills). The inside page (paginated #88) has several related illustrations. 
    Additional prints within the issue include a... Read full description  
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  • "The Great Die Up" (mid-west floods of 1887)... a Séance print...
    Item #704857
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 2, 1887 The front page has a large print: "DAKOTA - THE FLOODS OF THE UPPER MISSOUI - SETTLERS IN THE RIVER BOTTOMS, NEAR BISMARCK...", with additional related images on the inside. The flooding was largely the result of the massive blizzard of 1887 which struck... Read full description  
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  • First mention of skiing in an American newspaper?     Barnum's paper...
    Item #704831
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 19, 1853  P.T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly". These latter two ultimately becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers... Read full description  
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  • Jacob Furth, a notable Jew...
    Item #704729
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 21, 1893 
    Of special note is an article: "Notable Jews--Jacob Furth" which includes a photo of him & an article on his life.
    The ftpg. has an illus: "Opera In New York" & inside has a nice full page: "The Work of the Salvation Army in the Slums of New York" which... Read full description  
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  • Chicago White Stockings: National League champs...
    Item #704610
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 14, 1882 

    * Chicago White Sox baseball
    * Cap Anson & King Kelly


    Inside has a very nice half page illustration captioned: "The Chicago Baseball Team, Winners Of The National League Championship." This is a team portrait of eleven players in uniform, including M. J.... Read full description  
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  • First issue of a P. T. Barnum publication...
    Item #704596
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Jan. 1, 1853  This is the very first issue of what would become a short-lived publication which had "P.T. Barnum, Special Partner" involved in its publication, as noted on one of the back pages.
    This is one of the earliest illustrated periodicals in the United States, preceding both Leslie's... Read full description  
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  • First mention of skiing in an American newspaper?     Barnum's paper...
    Item #704500
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 19, 1853  P.T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly". These latter two ultimately becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers... Read full description  
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  • First mention of skiing in an American newspaper?     Barnum's paper...
    Item #704191
    ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 19, 1853  P.T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly". These latter two ultimately becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers... Read full description  
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  • A very early baseball board game...
    Item #704172
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 8, 1866  The full front page has 3 prints of: "Laying the Corner Stone of the New Masonic Temple at Baltimore, Maryland.
    Inside has a fascinating half print of: "The New & Beautiful Parlor Divertisement of Base-Ball" showing a family playing a board game themed on baseball. There... Read full description  
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  • Many prints of Central California, Montana, Oregon...
    Item #702749
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 24, 1887  Among the various prints within is a page captioned: "Montana - A Frontier Military Post - Views At Fort Assiniboine, On Milk River" which six prints and an article.
    Included is the "Supplement" issue which has a full page of 6 prints of: "Central... Read full description  
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  • Illustrated newspaper aimed at the female audience...
    Item #701291
    FRANK LESLIE'S CHIMNEY CORNER, New York, Sept. 27, 1873  An illustrated newspaper not unlike 'Leslie's Illustrated' however the focus was mostly on women's issues and interests. Various stories as well.
    Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a single sheet, nice condition.
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  • The Monitor vs. the Merrimac, & much more...
    Item #700694
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 22, 1862

    * Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
    * Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia)
    * Civil War ironclads clash


    The front page has a print of a soldier shooting, as well as a lengthy article: "The Naval Battle in Hampton Roads" which featured the historic battle between... Read full description  
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  • Colorful & dramatic naval print on the front page...
    Item #700443
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, April 15, 1915  The full front page is a dramatic, color print captioned: "Launching the Bolt of Death" showing a submarine's torpedo heading to a battleship.
    Other prints within: "Titanic Struggle of Czar and Kaiser" "Orphans Made by War Its Most... Read full description  
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  • Oklahoma land rush...  Cowboys in the Northwest...
    Item #700297
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 18, 1889  The ftpg. has prints of General Benjamin Butler and Admiral David Porter. 
    Prints inside include: "The Occupation of Oklahoma--Would-be Setters in Line at the Land Office in Guthrie" "Ascent of Mount Ararat...". A full pg. shows a scene inside a circus,... Read full description  
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  • Early Horatio Alger story...
    Item #700256
    GLEASON'S PICTORIAL LINE-OF-BATTLESHIP (very early), Boston, Sept. 3, 1859  This was perhaps America's first successful illustrated newspaper, existing from 1851 thru 1859. It set the format for other more successful titles to emulate, most notably Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1855) and Harper's Weekly (1857). All were modeled after the... Read full description  
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  • Early Horatio Alger story...
    Item #700255
    GLEASON'S PICTORIAL LINE-OF-BATTLESHIP (very early), Boston, Sept. 3, 1859  This was perhaps America's first successful illustrated newspaper, existing from 1851 thru 1859. It set the format for other more successful titles to emulate, most notably Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1855) and Harper's Weekly (1857). All were modeled after the... Read full description  
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  • Very decorative newspaper...   The steamship Great Eastern...
    Item #700253
    GLEASON'S PICTORIAL LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP, Boston, Sept. 10, 1859 

    * Rare publication w/ great masthead

    This was perhaps America's first successful illustrated newspaper, existing from 1851 thru 1859. It set the format for other more successful titles to emulate, most notably Frank Leslie's Illustrated (1855)... Read full description  
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