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Jimmy Jordan. Pilot of "June Bug," first outboard through the Canyon

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Jimmy Jordan. Pilot of "June Bug," first outboard through the Canyon

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951, June
Call number: mssMarston papers V159/0118
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