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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadside relating to a news story about an apparition of a spirit, women sitting up in bed looking at a ghost

ca. 1900–1913
Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
20 × 30 cm (7.9 × 11.8 in)

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