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Natalie Jackson, San Francisco by Gary S. Davis, Allen Ginsberg — VisualArtsDB

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Natalie Jackson, San Francisco

Natalie Jackson, San Francisco

Natalie Jackson, San Francisco

Gary S. Davis Allen Ginsberg

1955

Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 17.5 × 25 cm (6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US

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