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العربية: رجُلان يصنعان قناعًا للموت في مدينة نيويورك، قرابة سنة 1908م.
English: Two men making a death mask, New York, circa 1908.
Français : Deux hommes modelant un masque mortuaire, New York, 1908.
Date circa 1908
date QS:P,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Public domain This work is from the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.

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  • 2010-09-06 01:58 AutoGyro 1286×984× (794035 bytes) {{Information |Description=Two men making a death mask |Source= {{LOC-image|id=ggbain.01364 }} |Date=ca. 1908 |Author=Bain News Service |Permission= |other_versions=File:Making_death_mask.jpg}} == {{int:license}} == {{PD-Bain}} [[Category:Death masks in the United States]] <

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    • 2010-10-08T17:06:34Z Beao 1252x966 (237141 Bytes) Cleanup.
    • 2008-11-21T23:22:00Z Howcheng 1300x996 (296043 Bytes) {{Information |Description=Two men making a death mask |Source={{LOC-image|id=ggbain.01364 }} This version downloaded from http://www.shorpy.com/node/3430?size=_original |Date=ca. 1908 |Author=Bain News Service |Permission= |

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