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Local call number: JJS0518 Title: Artist Ben Stahl: Sarasota, Florida Date: May 5, 1966 General Note: The artist at work on "Descent from the Cross" for his Sarasota Museum of the Cross. Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 5 x 4 in. Series Title: <a href=" http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/collections/?id=49 " rel="nofollow">Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection</a> Repository: <a href=" http://www.floridamemory.com/ " rel="nofollow">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. [email protected] Persistent URL: <a href=" http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/245444 " rel="nofollow">www.floridamemory.com/items/show/245444</a> |
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