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Southern California Association of Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States : Social Meeting Ladies' Night Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, California, February, 24, 1906
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Southern California Association of Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States : social meeting, ladies' night, Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, California, February, 24, 1906
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. California Commandery to James De Barth Shorb
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Abraham Lincoln. : A paper prepared and read before the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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