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San Marino, CA 91108
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Image of an outdoor scene with caricatures of black firefighters pulling a hook and ladder truck with hand buckets that itself carries a manual fire engine pulled by additional firemen, towards a fire at a dilapidated cabin labeled "Hotel D'Afrique" with African American guests in their pajamas fleeing the burning building and running towards a lake; individual caricatures include a man drinking liquor from a bottle, guests escaping from a tree, a man with a banjo, a woman with the words "El Mardi" on her nightdress, men carrying a chicken, pig and stove, men trying to pull a mule while one wields a baseball bat, and a dog attached to a wooden barrel; a sign above the hotel door reads "Table D'Hote" and "Not responsible for money and jewels not left in the safe" and the fire truck has the label "Manufactured by Rumsey & Co. Ltd Seneca Falls New York."
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