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Too late or is it?
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Too late or is it?

[ca. October 1956]

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Mrs. Ellen Carew, age 60, of 103 Horadan Way, Roxbury, tries on a Marine Corps hat for size as she shows the letter asking her to enlist in the women's Marines Reserve. She served in the British Army in 1918. Her cute little wink shows how she feels about it.

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