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From her second marriage are Sethuel Arthur Letson (1921-1995), with Samuel Walter Letson (1867-1962); Arthur's sister Dorothy Mae (Letson) Link (1919-2005). Betty Lou Letson, Arthur Letson's first wife. Eulalia Moore's parents and her sister's family also appear: Samantha Jane and James Madison Mahan, and Alice (\"Allie\") Rosebud (Mahan) Wilson and her husband Murry A. Wilson. Historical family photographs include Arthur Letson's cousin Robert Joel Lunquist. ","People who are not identified as family include Grady Cale, Jerry Kinsey, Toogie Kinsey, John Mauthner, Hazel Morrice (a business associate of Fred Moore), William (\"Wimpy\") Snyder, \"Whiskey Joe\" Wendell (of Samuel Walter Letson's generation), and Howard Wendell (of Arthur Letson's generation).","Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse is located on the local section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. 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Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, Series II. Letson Family, and Series III. Photographs of Individuals.","Arthur Letson was born Sethuel Arthur Letson on October 4, 1921 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The central person in the photograph collection is Arthur Letson's mother, Eulalia Mahan Quick Letson Moore (1894-1957). Eulalia married a second time to Fred Moore (1884-), bridgetender of Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, in 1935.","People who appear in the photographs in the collection are primarily family members, centered on Eulalia and Fred Moore. Eulalia and Fred Moore had two children, Wayne Moore (1911-) and daughter Emma Lee Moore. Fred's sister was Etta (Moore) Cappleman. Eulalia Moore's children include those from her first marriage: Cecil Quick (1911-1973) and his wife Nina, Monroe \"Wheeler\" Quick (1915-) and his wife Jerry (Goolsby) Quick. From her second marriage are Sethuel Arthur Letson (1921-1995), with Samuel Walter Letson (1867-1962); Arthur's sister Dorothy Mae (Letson) Link (1919-2005). Betty Lou Letson, Arthur Letson's first wife. Eulalia Moore's parents and her sister's family also appear: Samantha Jane and James Madison Mahan, and Alice (\"Allie\") Rosebud (Mahan) Wilson and her husband Murry A. Wilson. Historical family photographs include Arthur Letson's cousin Robert Joel Lunquist. ","People who are not identified as family include Grady Cale, Jerry Kinsey, Toogie Kinsey, John Mauthner, Hazel Morrice (a business associate of Fred Moore), William (\"Wimpy\") Snyder, \"Whiskey Joe\" Wendell (of Samuel Walter Letson's generation), and Howard Wendell (of Arthur Letson's generation).","Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse is located on the local section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The features of the modern bridge (rehabilitated 2015-2016) are: Dania Beach Boulevard (SR A1A) Bridge (Mile Marker: 1069.4; Latitude / Longitude: N 26° 03.188' / W 080° 06.889'. The bridge type is bascule with a vertical clearance (closed): 22 feet and horizontal clearance: 91 feet. The old bridge was a swing bridge, swinging open horizontally.","Other places in the photographs are Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge (Fred's Boat Livery \u0026 Bait \u0026 Tackle, fishing camp at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, houseboat at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, Bonita Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale (Northside School; Fort Lauderdale Municipal Docks, New River, East side of Andrews Avenue Bridge; Arthur Letson's ranch between Wingate Road and 441 at N.W. 16th Street; 707 N.W. 2nd Avenue, childhood home of Arthur and Dorothy Letson; and Merle Fogg Airport); Hollywood Beach, and Marathon, Florida.","This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection. ","Titles of photographs include captions from original photographs and reproductions, both if present.","View a selection of digitized materials from the Arthur Letson Collection in the Broward County Library Digital Archives.","The Arthur Letson Collection contains sixty photographs and one newspaper clipping collected by the Letson family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs include individual and group portraits from the Letson, Quick, Mahan, and Moore families, friends and associates of Fred Moore, Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse, and geographic areas such as the Altanitc Coastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, and Dania Beach."," Broward County Historical Archives","Fred's Boat Livery \u0026 Bait \u0026 Tackle","Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995","Moore, Fred, 1884-","Letson, Samuel Walter, 1867-1962","Moore, Eulalia Elizabeth Mahan, 1894-1957","Letson, Dorothy Mae Crowley Link, 1919-2005","Cappleman, Etta (Moore)","Moore, Emma Lee","Lundquist, Robert Joel , 1919-","Mahan, James Madison","Mahan, Samantha Jane","Wilson, Allie (Mahan) (Alice Rosebud )","William \"Wimpy\" Snyder","Letson, Betty Lou","English"],"unitid_tesim":["BCHA.1986.18","/repositories/4/resources/62"],"normalized_date_ssm":["Circa 1910-1969"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Arthur Letson Collection, Circa 1910-1969"],"collection_title_tesim":["Arthur Letson Collection, Circa 1910-1969"],"collection_ssim":["Arthur Letson Collection, Circa 1910-1969"],"repository_ssm":["Broward County Historical Archives"],"repository_ssim":["Broward County Historical Archives"],"geogname_ssm":["Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, Old (Dania Beach, Fla.)","Dania Beach (Fla.)","Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)","Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway"],"geogname_ssim":["Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, Old (Dania Beach, Fla.)","Dania Beach (Fla.)","Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)","Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway"],"creator_ssm":["Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995"],"creator_ssim":["Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995"],"creators_ssim":["Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995"],"places_ssim":["Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, Old (Dania Beach, Fla.)","Dania Beach (Fla.)","Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)","Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge House (Fla.)","Fort Lauderdale Beach (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)","Docks--Florida--Fort Lauderdale","Swing bridges","Swing bridges--Florida","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge House (Fla.)","Fort Lauderdale Beach (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)","Docks--Florida--Fort Lauderdale","Swing bridges","Swing bridges--Florida","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1 Photograph Binder Box"],"extent_tesim":["1 Photograph Binder Box"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs"],"date_range_isim":[1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArthur Letson Collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Arthur Letson Collection is open for research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Arthur Letson Collection is organized into three series: Series I. 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Eulalia Moore's children include those from her first marriage: Cecil Quick (1911-1973) and his wife Nina, Monroe \"Wheeler\" Quick (1915-) and his wife Jerry (Goolsby) Quick. From her second marriage are Sethuel Arthur Letson (1921-1995), with Samuel Walter Letson (1867-1962); Arthur's sister Dorothy Mae (Letson) Link (1919-2005). Betty Lou Letson, Arthur Letson's first wife. Eulalia Moore's parents and her sister's family also appear: Samantha Jane and James Madison Mahan, and Alice (\"Allie\") Rosebud (Mahan) Wilson and her husband Murry A. Wilson. 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The old bridge was a swing bridge, swinging open horizontally.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther places in the photographs are Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge (Fred's Boat Livery \u0026amp; Bait \u0026amp; Tackle, fishing camp at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, houseboat at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, Bonita Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale (Northside School; Fort Lauderdale Municipal Docks, New River, East side of Andrews Avenue Bridge; Arthur Letson's ranch between Wingate Road and 441 at N.W. 16th Street; 707 N.W. 2nd Avenue, childhood home of Arthur and Dorothy Letson; and Merle Fogg Airport); Hollywood Beach, and Marathon, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Arthur Letson was born Sethuel Arthur Letson on October 4, 1921 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The central person in the photograph collection is Arthur Letson's mother, Eulalia Mahan Quick Letson Moore (1894-1957). Eulalia married a second time to Fred Moore (1884-), bridgetender of Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, in 1935.","People who appear in the photographs in the collection are primarily family members, centered on Eulalia and Fred Moore. Eulalia and Fred Moore had two children, Wayne Moore (1911-) and daughter Emma Lee Moore. Fred's sister was Etta (Moore) Cappleman. Eulalia Moore's children include those from her first marriage: Cecil Quick (1911-1973) and his wife Nina, Monroe \"Wheeler\" Quick (1915-) and his wife Jerry (Goolsby) Quick. From her second marriage are Sethuel Arthur Letson (1921-1995), with Samuel Walter Letson (1867-1962); Arthur's sister Dorothy Mae (Letson) Link (1919-2005). Betty Lou Letson, Arthur Letson's first wife. Eulalia Moore's parents and her sister's family also appear: Samantha Jane and James Madison Mahan, and Alice (\"Allie\") Rosebud (Mahan) Wilson and her husband Murry A. Wilson. Historical family photographs include Arthur Letson's cousin Robert Joel Lunquist. ","People who are not identified as family include Grady Cale, Jerry Kinsey, Toogie Kinsey, John Mauthner, Hazel Morrice (a business associate of Fred Moore), William (\"Wimpy\") Snyder, \"Whiskey Joe\" Wendell (of Samuel Walter Letson's generation), and Howard Wendell (of Arthur Letson's generation).","Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse is located on the local section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The features of the modern bridge (rehabilitated 2015-2016) are: Dania Beach Boulevard (SR A1A) Bridge (Mile Marker: 1069.4; Latitude / Longitude: N 26° 03.188' / W 080° 06.889'. The bridge type is bascule with a vertical clearance (closed): 22 feet and horizontal clearance: 91 feet. The old bridge was a swing bridge, swinging open horizontally.","Other places in the photographs are Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge (Fred's Boat Livery \u0026 Bait \u0026 Tackle, fishing camp at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, houseboat at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, Bonita Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale (Northside School; Fort Lauderdale Municipal Docks, New River, East side of Andrews Avenue Bridge; Arthur Letson's ranch between Wingate Road and 441 at N.W. 16th Street; 707 N.W. 2nd Avenue, childhood home of Arthur and Dorothy Letson; and Merle Fogg Airport); Hollywood Beach, and Marathon, Florida."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArthur Letson Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Arthur Letson Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection received file level processing. 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","Titles of photographs include captions from original photographs and reproductions, both if present."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://digitalarchives.broward.org/digital/collection/p16146coll45\"\u003eView a selection of digitized materials from the Arthur Letson Collection in the Broward County Library Digital Archives.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Digital Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["View a selection of digitized materials from the Arthur Letson Collection in the Broward County Library Digital Archives."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Arthur Letson Collection contains sixty photographs and one newspaper clipping collected by the Letson family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 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Also included are six pictures of fishermen with fish from the Vreeland charter boat company.\u003c/p\u003e"],"label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://flvc.lyrasistechnology.org/catalog/7a6e6fe568a7ead18bfab839#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":[{"id":"7a6e6fe568a7ead18bfab839","title_filing_ssi":"Lewis, Edith Collection","title_ssm":["Edith Lewis Collection"],"title_tesim":["Edith Lewis Collection"],"ead_ssi":"7a6e6fe568a7ead18bfab839","unitdate_ssm":["1914-1971"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1914-1971"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["BCHA.1974.6","/repositories/4/resources/277"],"text":["BCHA.1974.6","/repositories/4/resources/277","Edith Lewis Collection, 1914-1971","Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)","Photography of infants","Fishers","School buildings","Photographs","Negatives (Photographs)","Portraits","The Edith Lewis Collection is open for research.","The photographs in the Edith Lewis Collection are digitized and available on the Broward County Library Digital Archives .","Professional photographer William V. B. Mullikin, who styled himself \"The Mullikin Man,\" was first active in Fort Lauderdale around 1914. Hailing from South Carolina, Mullikin purchased the Sooy photography business in Fort Lauderdale and set about making a living by crafting portraits. By 1916, the portraitist was advertising with his downstairs neighbor, a fledgling newspaper called Fort Lauderdale Sentinel. Mullikin left Fort Lauderdale in 1921 for a two-year hiatus to California. Upon his return in 1923, Mullikin resumed his photography business and dabbled in the real estate business during Florida's boom years. He died in 1940.","The William V. B. Mullikin glass negatives were donated by Edith Washburn Lewis (1889-1984), who acquired a small cardboard suitcase containing the boxed negatives. Mrs. Lewis was a friend of the founder of the Broward County Historical Commission, Judge Clayton Nance. Originally from Salina, Kansas, she moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1913 and worked at the H.G. Wheeler Department store,  the Lewis Sign Company, and the Broward County Credit Bureau. She was a member of the American Legion Auxilary and organized the Fort Lauderdale Business and Professional Women's Club. In 1921, the American Legion Auxiliary (the women's club of the American legion Post No. 36) was formed in Fort Lauderdale and Edith Lewis was a charter member. She also served two terms as president of the American Legion Auxiliary, first in 1930-1931, and again in 1940-1941. A few years after retiring in 1971, she moved back to her home state of Kansas.","This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.","The Edith Lewis Collection contains 128 glass-plate negatives and print copies of the negatives taken by professional photographer William V. B. Mullikin who was active in Fort Lauderdale from 1914 to 1940. The collection also contains materials documenting the Fort Lauderdale William C. Morris American Legion Post 36 and American Legion Auxiliary, such as scrapbooks dating from 1926 to 1971 and a shirt.\nThe photographs in the collection mostly are portraits of local men, women, children, and families, and also include a few images of graves and local buildings such as the Central School (built 1915) which later became Fort Lauderdale High School. Also included are six pictures of fishermen with fish from the Vreeland charter boat company."," Broward County Historical Archives","English"],"unitid_tesim":["BCHA.1974.6","/repositories/4/resources/277"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1914-1971"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Edith Lewis Collection, 1914-1971"],"collection_title_tesim":["Edith Lewis Collection, 1914-1971"],"collection_ssim":["Edith Lewis Collection, 1914-1971"],"repository_ssm":["Broward County Historical Archives"],"repository_ssim":["Broward County Historical Archives"],"geogname_ssm":["Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)"],"places_ssim":["Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Edith Lewis donated the materials to the Broward County Historical Commission in 1974 (Accession BCHA-1974.6). 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Wheeler Department store,  the Lewis Sign Company, and the Broward County Credit Bureau. She was a member of the American Legion Auxilary and organized the Fort Lauderdale Business and Professional Women's Club. In 1921, the American Legion Auxiliary (the women's club of the American legion Post No. 36) was formed in Fort Lauderdale and Edith Lewis was a charter member. She also served two terms as president of the American Legion Auxiliary, first in 1930-1931, and again in 1940-1941. A few years after retiring in 1971, she moved back to her home state of Kansas.","This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.","The Edith Lewis Collection contains 128 glass-plate negatives and print copies of the negatives taken by professional photographer William V. B. Mullikin who was active in Fort Lauderdale from 1914 to 1940. The collection also contains materials documenting the Fort Lauderdale William C. Morris American Legion Post 36 and American Legion Auxiliary, such as scrapbooks dating from 1926 to 1971 and a shirt.\nThe photographs in the collection mostly are portraits of local men, women, children, and families, and also include a few images of graves and local buildings such as the Central School (built 1915) which later became Fort Lauderdale High School. 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Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, Series II. Letson Family, and Series III. Photographs of Individuals.","Arthur Letson was born Sethuel Arthur Letson on October 4, 1921 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The central person in the photograph collection is Arthur Letson's mother, Eulalia Mahan Quick Letson Moore (1894-1957). Eulalia married a second time to Fred Moore (1884-), bridgetender of Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge, in 1935.","People who appear in the photographs in the collection are primarily family members, centered on Eulalia and Fred Moore. Eulalia and Fred Moore had two children, Wayne Moore (1911-) and daughter Emma Lee Moore. Fred's sister was Etta (Moore) Cappleman. Eulalia Moore's children include those from her first marriage: Cecil Quick (1911-1973) and his wife Nina, Monroe \"Wheeler\" Quick (1915-) and his wife Jerry (Goolsby) Quick. From her second marriage are Sethuel Arthur Letson (1921-1995), with Samuel Walter Letson (1867-1962); Arthur's sister Dorothy Mae (Letson) Link (1919-2005). Betty Lou Letson, Arthur Letson's first wife. Eulalia Moore's parents and her sister's family also appear: Samantha Jane and James Madison Mahan, and Alice (\"Allie\") Rosebud (Mahan) Wilson and her husband Murry A. Wilson. Historical family photographs include Arthur Letson's cousin Robert Joel Lunquist. ","People who are not identified as family include Grady Cale, Jerry Kinsey, Toogie Kinsey, John Mauthner, Hazel Morrice (a business associate of Fred Moore), William (\"Wimpy\") Snyder, \"Whiskey Joe\" Wendell (of Samuel Walter Letson's generation), and Howard Wendell (of Arthur Letson's generation).","Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse is located on the local section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The features of the modern bridge (rehabilitated 2015-2016) are: Dania Beach Boulevard (SR A1A) Bridge (Mile Marker: 1069.4; Latitude / Longitude: N 26° 03.188' / W 080° 06.889'. The bridge type is bascule with a vertical clearance (closed): 22 feet and horizontal clearance: 91 feet. The old bridge was a swing bridge, swinging open horizontally.","Other places in the photographs are Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge (Fred's Boat Livery \u0026 Bait \u0026 Tackle, fishing camp at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, houseboat at the Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge, Bonita Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale (Northside School; Fort Lauderdale Municipal Docks, New River, East side of Andrews Avenue Bridge; Arthur Letson's ranch between Wingate Road and 441 at N.W. 16th Street; 707 N.W. 2nd Avenue, childhood home of Arthur and Dorothy Letson; and Merle Fogg Airport); Hollywood Beach, and Marathon, Florida.","This collection received file level processing. 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Historical family photographs include Arthur Letson's cousin Robert Joel Lunquist. ","People who are not identified as family include Grady Cale, Jerry Kinsey, Toogie Kinsey, John Mauthner, Hazel Morrice (a business associate of Fred Moore), William (\"Wimpy\") Snyder, \"Whiskey Joe\" Wendell (of Samuel Walter Letson's generation), and Howard Wendell (of Arthur Letson's generation).","Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse is located on the local section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The features of the modern bridge (rehabilitated 2015-2016) are: Dania Beach Boulevard (SR A1A) Bridge (Mile Marker: 1069.4; Latitude / Longitude: N 26° 03.188' / W 080° 06.889'. The bridge type is bascule with a vertical clearance (closed): 22 feet and horizontal clearance: 91 feet. 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Reuben Stacey was accused of attacking a white woman and was lynched while being transferred from the Broward County Courthouse to the Dade County jail. A grand jury investigated the lynching on July 23, 1935. The sheriff and his deputies in charge of the transfer were absolved of all wrongdoing in the crime.","Clark's time as Sheriff was also shaped by an incident in his first year in office that resulted in the Supreme Court Case Chambers v. Florida. It is clear from the evidence of both the State and four accused men that from May 14 to May 20, 1933 Sheriff Walter R. Clark other police officers subjected forty \"negro suspects\" of a murder to intense and random questioning. On May 20th, four of the suspects \"broke\" and confessed to the murder. Chambers, Davis, Williamson and Woodward were sentenced by an all-white jury to death by electric chair. S.D. McGill took up their defense case, and the legal battle to free them dragged on for years.  On February 12, 1940, Justice Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court overturned the four men's convictions. In 1942, after 9 years of imprisonment, the four men were declared not guilty and released. Chambers vs. Florida was a landmark case in the US Supreme Court that set the precedent that police pressure, mental torture, and threats of violence violates the Due Process Clause.","Walter Clark was also accused of compliance in multiple illegal gambling institutions. In 1950, Senator Estes Kefauver and his committee began an investigation of Sheriff Clark and his connection to illegal gambling in Broward County. Kefauver exposed Clark's involvement in the Broward Novelty Company which alledgedly owned slot machines and ran an illegal lottery. However, at the end of the trial, Clark was found not guilty on all counts. ","Walter Clark died of leukemia on April 26, 1951.","This collection received file level processing. 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