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Toying with the Idea
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Many people are sitting on folding chairs. An infant is sitting on a blanket on the floor next to them and playing with stacking cups. Caption reads: "TOYING WITH THE IDEA — Edward Crise, 10 months, kept himself busy as his mother, Jane (right), joined about 400 people Thursday at a meeting on a municipal water system in Bayside."
June 30, 1989
Orton, Jack
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