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Published in 1970 in Jet without copyright notice: (December 24, 1970). "Lost Thanksgiving". Jet39: 48. Johnson Publishing Company. ISSN0021-5996.
Also published in 1971 in The Connoisseur: (1971). "Pages 207–208". The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors176: 207–208. Sampson Low, Marston & Company.
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Cropped section of the boy from ''The Thankful Poor'' by Henry Ossawa Tanner