Composite photograph of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white composite image of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. The men’s heads have been cropped and printed against a white background. Johnson’s head, depicted on the right, is slightly overlaid over Olsen’s head, on the left. Johnson is depicted with a wide smile and he is looking toward the top, right corner of the image. He is wearing a light colored fedora with a turned up brim. Olsen is looking towards the viewer, with wide eyes. He is wearing a round, plaid hat with a large, turned up brim. There are several inscriptions in blue ink on the recto. In the top left corner is an inscription that reads, [To / LAURE] with the name written in bubble letters. Below, on the left edge, an inscription that reads, [from / the / maniacs]. Along the bottom edge are inscriptions written in differing hands that read [OLSEN] and [and Johnson].

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