Composite photograph of a man and Velma Middleton

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white composite image of an unidentified man and Velma Middleton. The man is depicted on the left side of the image. He is depicted from the waist up, in three quarters profile, with his head turned towards the viewer. He has a small mustache and his hair parted on the proper left side of his head. He is wearing a white collared shirt and his proper right arm is partially visible at his side. Middleton’s image is overlaid in a dark circle with softened edges in the lower right corner of the image. Middleton is depicted from the shoulders up, in three quarters profile, with her head turned towards the viewer. She is wearing a garment with a leaf pattern and a square neckline. There is a small framed decoration on the wall behind her. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the image.

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