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136:, New York, to Dorothy C. and William R. Straus. She had an older brother, William Leroy Straus. From a young age, she developed an interest in photography, when an uncle bought her a camera and taught her how to use it. By the age of twelve or thirteen, she was experimenting with a
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757:George, Elsa M. (June 20, 1968).
888:Price, Jack (October 24, 1942).
860:Neumark, Martha (January 1943).
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995:University of Texas
862:"Women in the News"
237:, Lucille Tandy of
234:Baltimore News-Post
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1111:"Evelyn P. Straus"
948:on April 4, 2021.
843:Arcadia Publishing
831:Hermann, Marc A.;
313:Yakima, Washington
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