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Eartha White age 30

Postcard depicting Old Folks Home (1902)

Eartha M. M. White 1950

Eartha
White standing outside Clara White Mission

Eartha White presiding over meeting at Mission

Camp Blanding baseball team. Eartha White standing on left.

Eartha White leading Patriotism Parade, Jacksonville

Eartha White holding two twin infants up for adoption

Eartha White age 90

Eartha
White, U.S. Rep. Charles Bennett, 1965

Souvenir program:
75th diamond birthday observance of Eartha White, 1951
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