Photograph of Laura Cathrell, a man, and two women at a party

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Laura Cathrell, a man, and two (2) women at a party. The four (4) are seated on a bed with a white, metal, bar headboard. On either side of the headboard are matching polka dot curtains. Cathrell is depicted on the far right. She is sitting on the man’s lap and has her proper right hand resting on the man’s neck and her proper right hand resting in her lap. She is wearing a light colored, three-quarter length sleeve blouse, with a dark toned skirt. Her hair is pulled back into a low pony tail. The man is wearing a medium toned, pinstriped suit, collared shirt, and a black tie. He is smiling and holding a metal pipe in his proper right hand. The woman to his left is wearing a dark jacket with three-quarter sleeves and zippered front.

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