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File Name	1 707.jpg
Title	Family Portrait
Creator	George Karger, free-lance LIFE magazine photographer at this time
Date	1944-08
Description	John and Gwyn Steinbeck pose with baby Thom for a family portrait with an unknown couple, probably taken at Steinbeck' East Fifty-First Street apartment in New York. John grew the beard in imitation of the motorized torpedo boat crews that he served with during the 1939-1945 war. Original in safe
Subject-TGM	Authors Spouses Children Sons Portraits
Subject-LCSH	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 Steinbeck, Gwyndolyn Conger, 1919-1975
Geographic Coverage	New York City -- New York
Object Type	photographic prints
Format	Image/jpg
Relation-Is Part Of	Denver Auction
Rights	Copyright is held by George Karger, PIX incorporated, 250 Park Avenue, New York City, New York, USA. Telephone: eldorado 5-4021. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies.
Collection	Steinbeck Center Photo Archive
Repository	Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU
Note	Acquired 1988; Have original

Family Portrait

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