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"inscription": "Imprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \u201c44-01 PEOPLE/YOUTH, BLACKS/C. GROUPS\u201d\nWritten in pencil on verso: \u201cLFBWA-67/6000\u201d\nWritten in black marker on verso: \u201cYouth: Blacks\u201d\nImprinted in black type on white paper label on verso: \u201cMAGNUM/72 West 45 Street, New York, New York 10036/LEONARD FREED USA 1965 [written in pencil]/they are dancing at a Jazz funeral/in the streets of New Orleans,/Louisiana/R276-9 [crossed out in pencil] = OLD # [written in pencil]\u201d\nStamped in blue ink on verso: \u201cMAGNUM/PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT/NEW YORK./24623/LOG REF: 7542/TO BE RETURNED [stamp is partially adhered by a white adhesive label]\u201d\nImprinted in black type on white adhesive label on verso: \u201cMagnum Photos Inc. \u00a9 1995 Leonard Freed/[bar code]/PAF 11FRL001+001/New Orleans, LA. Young men dancing at a jazz funeral\u201d \nWritten in black marker on verso: \u201cBIWA\u201d\nWritten in pencil on verso: \u201cBook: Black in White America/59135/1965 New Orleans-USA\u201d\nWritten in pencil on verso: \u201cLeonard Freed (signed)\u201d\nStamped in black ink on verso: \u201c\u00a9 Leonard Freed-Magnum\u201d",
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