Look: How a Highly Influential Magazine Helped Define Mid-Twentieth-Century America, Hardcover - Andrew L. Yarrow

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Publisher: Laurence King PublishingAuthor(s): David YarrowNumber of pages: 128Collection: Masters of PhotographyPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

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