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DescriptionJoseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg	English: Photograph of Joseph Gordon Coates in 1931.
Date	1931
Source	http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23194194?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=Joseph+Gordon+Coates
Author	Unknown photographer

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