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Manuscripts

The "Illinois Girl" found on the upper Green River. She had been abandoned by Tony Backus. Holmstrom examines the wreck

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1938, Sep. 10
Call number: mssMarston papers V110/0067
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