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As Commandant of the Army Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, the Medal
of Honor winner signs the graduation certificate of a lieutenant
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Director Busby Berkeley filled out this form in 1963 to retain his
membership in the Directors Guild of America. Matted to 18¾x14¾ in a
black-and-white matte with a 4½x6½ b/w photo of Berkeley.
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Busby Berkeley signs a contract with Loew's Incorporated as a dance
director and creator on Broadway Serenade
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He fills out and signs a Directors Guild earnings statement for 1962
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He signs and initials a voucher, drawing one sixth of a week's pay
from Samuel Goldwyn
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He fills out and signs a Directors Guild earnings statement for 1968
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He signs acceptance of an advance from M-G-M in 1953
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He submits a sample autograph to the Motion Picture Relief Fund for
use in a charitable fund-raiser. The rare signature of an important Hollywood
insider.
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Aviator and aeronautical engineer who invented the bombsight.
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Both sign a postmarked souvenir copy of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
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Three members of the Air Force sign a document paying tribute to
Charles Kemper.
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Signed certificate bestowed on a participant in a Citizens Military
Training Camp (1922)
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As a Major of infantry in 1925, Ike signs a sergeant's re-enlistment
papers.
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He ordered this promotion during World War I, and signed the carbon document
35 years later as President!
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PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - DOCUMENT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: IVY BAKER PRIEST, WILBER M. BRUCKER, CHARLES S. THOMAS, DONALD A. QUARLES, EZRA TAFT BENSON, JAMES CAMPBELL HAGERTY, HERBERT BROWNELL JR., MARION B. FOLSOM, CHARLES E. "ENGINE CHARLIE" WILSON, JOHN FOSTER DULLES, ARTHUR E. SUMMERFIELD, FIRST LADY MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER, PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON, FREDERICK A. SEATON, GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, JAMES P. MITCHELL, SINCLAIR WEEKS - HFSID 32098
Ink signatures of the President and First Lady, along with 14 other original signatures of
important members of the Eisenhower administration, accompanied by autopen
signatures of Vice President Nixon and two others, all framed in the Gallery of History
style to 42x24.
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Ferdinand Foch makes extensive revisions to a draft eulogy.
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AFTRA membership application signed by Hal Forrest in 1955. Forrest
is best known for the comic strip Tailspin Tommy.
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Typed DS: "Erle Stanley Gardner" on
page 3, 3p, 8½x11.
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He signs a 1952 contract with the Actors' Equity Association
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He signs a 1954 royalty agreement with RCA covering a new recording of The
Mikado.
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The year he ended three decades of employment with the D'Oyly Carte Opera
Company, Green hired an agent with this signed contract.
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After 30 years with D'Oyly Carte, Green signs for an advance on his salary
from an American Gilbert & Sullivan company.
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James Hall signs a document as United States Commissioner in the
Territory of Colorado.
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Partly Printed DS: "H.L. Hawthorne/1 lieut.
6th Artry.", 1p, 13¾x8¼. Not filled in.
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Lewis B. Hershey signs a document authorizing the National
Broadcasting Company to make recordings of his remarks on the program "Wanted:
30,000,000 Men".
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$360.00
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Signed postcard photo of Hess in his Nazi uniform, accompanied by a series of
1987 letters concerning a petition for his release from Spandau Prison. Among
the 6 letters are two typed letters in English signed by Hess' son Wolf, and a
copy of a letter from Canada's Foreign Secretary (and former Prime Minister) Joe
Clark, declining to involve Canada.
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$900.00
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$1,200.00
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Paul von Hindenberg signed this manuscript document to discharge a
soldier as unfit for service in 1894. It was signed 20 years before World War I
and the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg, when he first came to the attention of the
German people.
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Masonic Lodge membership card from 1958, signed by all three
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As ruling Prince of the Balkan kingdom, which he writes to members of
his government, blaming the Ottoman Empire for slow resolution of a
dispute.
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A signed letter from the Presidential candidate and Governor of Kansas to
the television show host allowing the use of his image for the show Where
Were You?
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$360.00
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$288.00
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As Secretary of the Interior, he approves a veteran's pension, a duty
no longer assigned to the Interior Department
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$256.00
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The British actor, newly famous for his Oscar win as Henry VIII,
agrees to star in The Barrets of Wimpole Street and Marie
Antoinette for M-G-M.
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The Oscar-winning English star signs to play Micawber in David
Copperfield, a movie he quit after a week of filming.
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce
Charles Laughton's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money
for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Laughton, once as
an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly
verified example!
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$850.00
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Charles Laughton signs a card claiming residence in the State of
California.
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Oscar-winning actor Charles Laughton signed this document in 1941 to
direct any money owed to him to his agent at Phil Berg-Bert Allenberg,
Inc.
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce John Loder's
signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry
veterans. The form is signed twice by John, once as an autograph sample and again to
grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example!
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$440.00
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Contract to appear on The Nash Airflyte Theatre and
accompanying letter, both signed by Marshall
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce
Herbert Marshall's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money
for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Marshall, once as
an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly
verified example!
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His signature as Governor of Oregon, on a card embossed with the
State Seal
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The studio mogul sends a final payment of $125 to director William Wellman,
whose term of employment with the studio ended on the date of this
document.
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McLaglen hires Beyer as his agent for a term of three years
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The Academy Award winning actor retains Beyer (himself a former
actor) as his exclusive agent for the radio broadcast industry.
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$600.00
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce
Victor McLaglen's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money
for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by McLaglen, once as
an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly
verified example!
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$640.00
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BILLY MITCHELL
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$3,000.00
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Typewritten lyrics to Why Do You Say We're Through, with a
sales agreement signed by Nettles in black ink in 1937 selling this song to
country legend Jimmie Davis.
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This item is signed by the two authors in ink!
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Eddie Rickenbacker signs a document.
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Typed DS: "Rommel" in German in indelible
pencil, 1p, 8x10¼. Not translated. Gef.-St., 1942 January 6.
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$3,000.00
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Typed document, signed by Rommel and dated Feb. 17, 1939, when he was
commander of the War Academy at Wiener-Neustadt in Austria, outlining activities
for "the Day of the Armed Forces". This document was typed less than a month
before the invasion of Czechoslovakia and six months before Rommell was promoted
to general.
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$2,200.00
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$1,760.00
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Typed DS: "Rommel" in German in indelible
pencil, 1p, 8x10¼. In German, partially translated. Armee-Gef.-St., 1942 May
1.
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Typed DS: "Rommel" in
indelible pencil, 1p with cover sheet, 8¼x11¾.
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$2,500.00
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$2,000.00
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A week before Pearl Harbor, "the Desert Fox" requests the Iron Cross 2nd
Class for Kurt Eitel.
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$2,500.00
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While his forces counterattack the British 22nd Armored Brigade, he issues
awards to his soldiers.
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Roosevelt wrote handwritten corrections on this document for his
entry in Who's Who in America. This entry was for the 1934-1935 edition
of Who's Who, after he'd been elected president. We can only hope that
being elected president of the United States made him eligible for an entry in
Who's Who.
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Roosevelt wrote handwritten corrections on this document for his
entry in Who's Who in America. This entry was for the 1932-1933 edition
of Who's Who, while he was Governor of New York and just before he was
elected president.
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As a local Democratic Party official in the 1920s, the future
President winnowed a list of Party members to be given jobs when Al Smith
assumes office as Governor of New York six days later. The notations are in
FDR's hand.
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As a local Democratic Party official in the 1920s, the future
President winnowed this list of Party members to be given jobs when Al Smith
assumes office as Governor of New York. The notations are in FDR's hand.
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Historic 1927 document, handwritten and signed by FDR, advancing his own
money for construction of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
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This historic collection of documents is from an oft-overlooked facet
of the United States' entry into World War I, the "Eyes for the Navy" program.
It includes a typed letter, signed by FDR as Assistant Secretary of the U. S.
Navy in 1918, thanking a South Carolina citizen for loaning binoculars to the
Navy.
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DURING WORLD WAR I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THANKS A LADY FOR LENDING
BINOCULARS TO THE NAVY. THEN, AFTER THE WAR, FDR RETURNS THE BINOCULARS.
BINOCULARS INCLUDED!
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Signed order form for a copy of a book on building model ships, a hobby of
FDR's
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$760.00
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Less than three weeks after becoming Governor of New York, he certifies the
extradition of a prisoner to Massachusetts.
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$750.00
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Roosevelt signed this letter, typed on his letterhead at Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland, in 1928 to credit $1,100 in checks to the Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation. Roosevelt founded the Foundation the previous year to
help fight his paralysis.
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$1,040.00
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Extradition document signed by FDR as Governor of New York and
counter-signed by his secretary Guernsey T. CROSS
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$750.00
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$600.00
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Extradition document signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Governor
of New York, counter-signed by his Counsel Edward G. Griffin, who was also
governor's counsel to Roosevelt's ally-tuned-enemy Alfred E. Smith.
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$750.00
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$600.00
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The President signs a 2-page documentary letter leasing to his brother in
law, Hall Roosevelt, buildings and land parcels on FDR's land at Hyde Park
(1940).
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Typed veto message signed as Governor of New York in 1930
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As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he signs a document rejecting a
lieutenant's request to resign from the navy.
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$1,800.00
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As Governor of New York, he used this red, silver-tipped pen to sign a railroad bill
creating the Board of Transit Control in 1931
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$15,000.00
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As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he issues orders to the Marine
Commandant.
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Extradition document signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Governor
of New York in 1932
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$750.00
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$600.00
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Roosevelt signed this document in 1931, while he was still Governor
of New York, designating a representative at an annual conference of the
National Tax Association.
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$1,040.00
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Extradition document signed as Governor of New York in 1930, counter-signed
by his Counsel, who later became the first White House Counsel.
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$750.00
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$600.00
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Extradition document signed three weeks before his re-election as Governor,
counter-signed by his Counsel, who later became the first White House
Counsel.
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$750.00
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$600.00
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ROOSEVELT ADDS THE NAMES OF HIS FIVE CHILDREN TO HIS 1926-1927 WHO'S WHO
IN AMERICA BIOGRAPHY, HANDWRITING HIS NAME AS A CORRECTION TO THE PRINTED
TEXT.
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Extradition document signed as Governor of New York, counter-signed by his
Counsel, who later became the first White House Counsel.
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$750.00
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$600.00
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Seating list for the 1936 National Press Club Founders' Dinner.
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$100.00
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$80.00
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This binder, rich with information, contains the traveling orders and
promotions of Jesse Hume Smith of the United States Navy, from his graduation
from Annapolis in 1913 to his command of the destroyer USS Barry as a
lieutenant commander in 1934. Over 110 pages of naval history that are both a
valuable resource and worthy of further of research.
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$880.00
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Using his rare, legal signature, Tunney confers Power of Attorney on the
manager of his real estate interests.
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$880.00
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His pencil signature on a Western Union form from 1941
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Jonathan Wainwright signs a document of attendance for military
training.
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The "Christian agnostic" signs as Minister of City Temple,
London.
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The actor and screenwriter signs this RSVP for a "Social Security in
Action" event
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$600.00
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce
Monty Woolley's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for
needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Woolley, once as an
autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified
example!
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$520.00
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Partly Printed LS: "H.E. Yarnell", 1p,
8½x11. No place, c. 1939. To NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
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$420.00
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$336.00
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