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299	R.M.S. TITANIC - R.M.S. CARPATHIA: DAILY MIRROR PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY THE SIX SENIOR OFFICERS FROM THE CARPATHIA INCLUDING ARTHUR ROSTRON AND JAMES BISSET. LOOSE LABEL CAPT. ROSTRON AND OFFICERS OF THE CARPATHIA WHO PICKED UP THE TITANIC'S SURVIVORS APRIL 1912. THIS ARTIFACT IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF HERBERT PITMAN 3rd OFFICER TITANIC AND THE NOTATION IS WRITTEN IN HIS HAND. 9.1/2ins. x 8ins.	Nil
300	R.M.S. TITANIC: PHOTO POSTCARD IN SEPIA OF 1st CLASS PASSENGER THOMAS CLINTON PEARS.	Nil
301	R.M.S. TITANIC: RARE PHOTO POSTCARD OF 3rd CLASS PASSENGER HENRY JOHN SPIMER WITH A GROUP OF MEN.	Nil
302	R.M.S. TITANIC: WILLIAM VICTOR CHERRETT FIREMAN ON BOARD. CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE FROM 1905 TO DECEMBER 1909. INCLUDES PRINTED STAMP SIGNATURES FROM E.J. SMITH (12) AND CAPTAIN HADDOCK, TOGETHER WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF MR CHERRETT ONBOARD SHIP.	Nil
303	R.M.S. TITANIC: WILLIAM VICTOR CHERRETT FIREMAN ONBOARD. PHOTOGRAPH IN UNIFORM TOGETHER WITH PERSONALISED IN LOVING MEMORY MEMORIAL CARD WITH MOURNING COVER. ALSO 5 POSTCARDS FROM THE FAMILY. UNRELATED.	Nil
304	R.M.S. TITANIC: HARDBOUND VOLUME "TITANIC" BY FILSON YOUNG, HAND WRITTEN INSCRIPTION TO JACK ODELL, OWNED BY THE SAME, GREY BOARD WITH GILT DECORATION.	Nil
305	TWO OFF A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT BELFAST ARCHIVE OF LETTERS: THE FIRST EXAMPLE DATES FROM 15th JUNE 1911, FLIMSY REFERS TO THE EXCESSIVE SPEED OF THE "DUKE OF CUMBERLAND" CAUSING THE "S.S. TITANIC" TO RANGE HEAVILY PLUS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT DATED 17th JUNE FROM THE HARBOUR MASTER PLUS JUNE 16th FLIMSY TO HARLAND & WOLFF, RE EXCESSIVE SPEED OF VESSELS IN THE VICINITY OF No 401 "S.S. TITANIC" PLUS ANOTHER HEADED SHEET CONFIRMING THE MATTER HAS BEEN RAISED WITH THE "ANTRIM'S" MASTER DATED 19th JUNE (2).	Nil
306	THREE OFF A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT BELFAST ARCHIVE OF LETTERS: THE FIRST EXAMPLE FROM 22nd JULY ON FLIMSY FROM THE HARBOUR MASTER TO H.W. "DEAR SIRS No 401 "S.S. TITANIC" I AM IN RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF EVEN DATE WITH REF EXCESSIVE SPEED ETC.", PLUS M.R. Co. STEAMERS JULY 25th ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SAME.	Nil
307	THREE OFF A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT BELFAST ARCHIVE OF LETTERS: THIS EXAMPLE DATES FROM 15th JUNE HEADED No 401 "S.S. TITANIC" ON HARLAND & WOLFF LETTER HEAD. IT DETAILS 2 CROSS CHANNEL STEAMERS TRAVELLING AT SPEED CAUSING "TITANIC" TO RANGE ON HER MOORINGS AND THIS IS MOST DANGEROUS TO MEN ON THE VESSEL PLUS FLIMSY COPY FROM THE HARBOUR MASTER INSTRUCTING THE MASTER OF THE "S.S. ANTRIM" TO EXERCISE CARE, PLUS HEADED NOTEPAPER SHEET FROM JOHN KELLY LIMITED ACKNOWLEDGING THE SAME (3).	Nil
308	R.M.S. TITANIC: VALENTINE SERIES POSTCARD, POSTALLY USED APRIL 30th 1912. MENTIONS THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC ADDRESSED TO MR C THOMSON, PLUMBER.	Nil
309	R.M.S. TITANIC: SALOON STEWARD ALBERT HECTOR CRISP. TWO DOCUMENTS RELATING TO A COMPENSATION PAY OUT OF Ł300.00 TO MRS FLORENCE CRISP WIDOW OF THE ABOVE. ONE DATED 12th JUNE 1912 THE OTHER MARKED "COPY", DATED 2nd JULY 1912.	Nil
310	R.M.S. TITANIC: FOR DECADES BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF HIS TIMELESS BOOK, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" (HENRY HOLT, 1955), WALTER LORD RESEARCHED TITANIC'S STORY FROM HER IMPRESSIVE BEGINNING TO HER TRAGIC END AND BEYOND. IN PREPARATION FOR THIS BOOK, LORD MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN, MEET AND CORRESPOND WITH MORE THAN 60 TITANIC SURVIVORS, RESCUERS, RELATIVES AND OFFICIALS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER AUTHOR BEFORE OR SINCE. HIS UNPARALLELED EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE PUBLICATION OF A BEST SELLING BOOK PRODUCED IN SO MANY LANGUAGES AND EDITIONS THAT LORD HIMSELF HAD TROUBLE KEEPING TRACK OF THEM. "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" CAPTURED AMERICA, BRITAIN AND THE WORLD BY STORM. LEADING TO A 1958 FEATURE LENGTH FILM OF THE SAME NAME AS WELL AS A SEQUEL BY LORD, "THE NIGHT LIVES ON" (MORROW, 1986). MANY AUTHORS, RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS CREDIT "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" AS THE SPARK WHICH IGNITED THEIR FASCINATION WITH THE SHIP. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" CONTINUES TO CAPTIVATE AND FUEL A RENEWED INTEREST IN TITANIC'S STORY AMONGST PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. LORD FELT THAT THE IMAGE ON THE BOOK'S COVER SHOULD BE SELF-EVIDENT OF THE DISASTER SUCH THAT IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR TITANIC'S NAME TO APPEAR UNTIL THE BOOK WAS OPENED. MUCH EFFORT WENT INTO ITS DESIGN. THE RESULT WAS A STRIKINGLY EERIE AND POIGNANT, YET BEAUTIFUL, IMAGE OF THE UNAWARE AND PATENTLY NAMELESS SHIP STEAMING TOWARDS THE ICEBERG IN A STAR FILLED NIGHT, AS WOULD BE SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ONE OF THE LIFEBOATS SOON TO DOT THE OCEAN'S SURFACE. SOME 53 YEARS LATER, THIS ICONIC IMAGE REMAINS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE TO MANY THE WORLD OVER. THE LOT CONSISTS OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING USED FOR THE COVER OF "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER". GOUACHE ON BOARD. THE PAINTING MEASURES 16.1/2ins x 14.1/2ins (42 cms x 36.9 cms), ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE IMAGE WAS NOT USED FOR THE COVER, OFFERED HERE IS THE COMPLETE PAINTING CREATED FOR THE BOOK INCLUDING THE NEVER BEFORE SEEN UNUTILIZED PORTION TO THE PRINTERS MARGINS. THE ACTUALLY IMAGE USED FOR THE DUST JACKET MEASURES 11.1/4ins. x 14ins. SOLD TOGETHER WITH A SEVENTEENTH EDITION OF THE BOOK WITH ITS ORIGINAL DUST JACKET FEATURING THE IMAGE FROM THIS PAINTING. PERFECT FOR DISPLAY TOGETHER, AND PERHAPS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THIS UNIQUE AND AWE-INSPIRING BEAUTY THAT GRACED THE COVER OF THE BOOK THAT TRIGGERED THE WORLD'S INTEREST IN TITANIC AND WHICH REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST DEFINITIVE REFERENCE SOURCES ON THE DISASTER. A TRUE MUSEUM PIECE IN ALL SENSES OF THE WORD.	Nil
311	R.M.S. TITANIC: DEBENHAM OF COWES REAL PHOTO POSTCARD IN SEPIA OF THE S.S TITANIC 46000 TONS. SOME ARCHIVAL TAPE ON EDGES OF REVERSE.	Nil
312	WHITE STAR LINE PIN WITH COMPANY LOGO: VERY UNUSUAL EARLY 20th CENT. ORIGINAL WHITE STAR LINE PROMOTIONAL BUTTON WITH PINBACK, WHITE WITH W.S.L RED AND WHITE SWALLOWTAIL BURGEE IN CENTRE AND "WHITE STAR LINE" LETTERED IN BLACK BENEATH. REVERSE INCLUDES ORIGINAL PAPER FROM SUPPLIER WHICH READS, "NADEL BROS. 147-149 PARK ROW NEW YORK". MEASURES APPROX. 1.1/8ins IN DIAMETER. DUE TO THEIR SCARCITY, THESE PINS MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES.	Nil
313	R.M.S. CARPATHIA PIN: ORIGINAL SOUVENIR PIN, WHITE ENAMEL ON BRASS, WITH RED CUNARD FLAG WITH GOLD LION IN CENTRE AND "R.M.S. CARPATHIA" ABOVE AND BENEATH RESPECTIVELY. MEASURES APPROX. .7/8ins. IN DIAMETER WITH VERY MINOR CRACK TO THE ENAMEL IN LOWER RIGHT OF THE FLAG. THE CARPATHIA WAS THE SHIP THAT RESCUED TITANIC'S SURVIVORS. EXAMPLES SUCH AS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED ONBOARD THE CARPATHIA.	Nil
314	R.M.S. TITANIC: THE ONLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT KNOWN TO EXIST OF "TITANIC" AS SEEN FROM A PASSING SHIP AT SEA. A YOUNG WOMAN, MARIE CHURCH, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD W. CHURCH OF BOSTON, SAILED WITH HER FAMILY ABOARD THE ADRIATIC APRIL 4, 1912 FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. SHE KEPT TWO VERY DETAILED DIARIES OF THE TRIP AND ON APRIL 11th RECORDED THE FOLLOWING: "IT WAS DAMP OUT SO THE DOCTOR ORDERED ME TO STAY IN THE CABIN ALL DAY. I DID SO AND GOT SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN. BUT ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK I HAD TO VENTURE OUT ON DECK FOR THE COMPANY'S NEWEST FOUR FUNNELED SHIP TITANIC PASSED US ON HER MAIDEN TRIP TO NEW YORK AND IT CERTAINLY WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT ALTHO' SHE DIDN'T PASS VERY NEAR - WE GAVE HER THREE SALUTES BUT COULDN'T HEAR HER ANSWER - PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE WIND. I AM TOLD SINCE THAT THE SUCTION CAUSED BY HER WHEN SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL BROKE TWELVE OF NEW YORK'S CABLES AND PULLED HER OUT INTO THE STREAM". THERE ARE SEVEN SNAPSHOTS TAKEN ONBOARD THE ADRIATIC INCLUDING OF THE WRITER. ALSO INCLUDED: THE BAGGAGE TAG FOR THE VOYAGE WITH HER NAME, THE ADRIATIC'S, APRIL 4, AND STATEROOM 31 WRITTEN IN INK. HER ENTRY FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 16, FROM GLASGOW, WHICH READS "WIRELESS MESSAGES HAVE COME THAT THE TITANIC STRUCK AN ICEBERG SUNDAY NIGHT AND SUNK IN FOUR HOURS IN TWO MILES OF WATER. SOME OF HER PASSENGERS WERE SAVED AND TAKEN ON OTHER SHIPS, SUMMONED BY WIRELESS, BUT REPORT SAYS 1,700 ARE MISSING. IT SEEMS PERFECTLY INCREDIBLE THAT SUCH A THING COULD HAPPEN - THAT GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL SHIP WITH ALL THE MODERN APPLIANCES AND ON HER MAIDEN TRIP TOO. I CAN THINK OF NOTHING ELSE THE WHOLE TIME - THE HORROR OF IT! LATER 705 OF HER PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE PICKED UP FROM THE LIFEBOATS BY THE CARPATHIA WHICH WAS BOUND FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN BUT 1,635 PERISHED. IT SEEMS TOO TERRIBLE TO CONCEIVE. SHE STRUCK THE BERG A GLANCING BLOW THAT RIPPED HER SIDES OPEN BUT THERE WAS SO SLIGHT A SHOCK THAT NO ONE DREAMED OF ANY DANGER AND SO VALUABLE TIME WAS LOST. HELP WAS SUMMONED BY WIRELESS AND THE OPERATOR STUCK TO HIS POST LONG AFTER THE CAPTAIN TOLD HIM HE COULD GO. SHE WENT DOWN QUICKLY, BOW FOREMOST WITH CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE AND THE BAND PLAYING "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE" AND SCARCELY A WAVE WAS FELT! THE BOATS WERE FILLED WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE FEW MEN WHO WERE SAVED, BEING THOSE WHO WERE PICKED UP LATER, WITH THEIR LIFE BELTS ON ... IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND FLAGS ARE AT HALF MAST AND MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE HELD EVERYWHERE YESTERDAY. MANY NOTED AND RICH AND POWERFUL MEN ARE LOST FOR IT WAS THE WEAK RATHER THAT THE WEALTHY..." ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS LOT IS A CLIPPING FROM A NEWSPAPER THAT SHOWS A CHART OF THE "OFFICIAL FIGURES" OF THOSE "SAVED AND DROWNED". THE FINAL ENTRY STATES THAT THEY WILL BE SAILING HOME ON THE LUSITANIA: "I'M KIND OF SORRY IT'S SHE BECAUSE I CROSSED ON HER BEFORE BUT SHE'S A BEAUTY AND I LOVE THE CUNARD". THE DIARY IS WRITTEN IN INK ON LINED PAPER 5.1/2ins. x 8.1/2ins. AND CONTAINS APPROX. 80 PAGES COVERING THE PERIOD OF APRIL 4th TO MAY 12th 1912. OTHER MEMORABILIA RELATING TO THE TRIP IS ALSO INCLUDED INCLUDING A MARCONIGRAM RECEIVED ABOARD THE ADRIATIC ON APRIL 9, 1912 FROM THE LAPLAND WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE STAMPED ADRIATIC AND A LETTER SENT FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM AND SUN TO MRS. ELEANOR CHURCH ON APRIL 22, 1953 IN ANSWER TO A LETTER SHE HAD WRITTEN ABOUT AN ARTICLE ON THE TITANIC THAT THEY HAD RECENTLY PUBLISHED. ALL PAGES ARE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND ARE STORED IN MUSEUM BINDERS FOR PRESERVATION. PROVENANCE KENNETH SCHULTZ COLLECTION.	Nil
315	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: AN IMPORTANT LETTER WRITTEN ON WHITE STAR LINE STATIONERY. THE LETTER IS DATED MAY 11th 1912 TO MRS CHARLES ASPLUND. IT STATES "ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO HAVE EFFECTS OF SMALL VALUE BROUGHT ONTO NEW YORK AND IN CASES WHERE WE KNOW THE PROPER PARTY WHO SHOULD RECEIVE THEM". NB. THE LETTER STILL PROMOTES THE LARGEST AND FINEST STEAMERS IN THE WORLD, OLYMPIC AND TITANIC.	Nil
316	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: A UNIQUE EMIGRANT INLAND FORWARDING ORDER TO THE WHITE STAR OFFICE IN NEW YORK. IT ENTITLES THE BEARER (CHARLES ASPLUND) PASSAGE FOR SEVEN PERSONS MAKING FOUR ADULTS FROM NEW YORK TO WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS WHICH CHARGE TO ACCOUNT OF THE S.S. TITANIC, SAILING 10th APRIL 1912. THE TICKET IS STAMPED FOR ISMAY, IMRIE AND Co. AND MARKED OCEAN TICKET 347077. THE TICKET IS HEAVILY WATER STAINED AND WAS RECOVERED FROM CARL ASPLUND'S POCKET BOOK WHICH IN TURN WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS PERSON AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
317	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT EMIGRATION CONTRACT/TITANIC. THE ASPLUND FAMILY PURCHASED THIS UTVANDRARE - KONTRAKT FROM CARL ERIKSSON OF GOTHENBURG ON THE 5th APRIL 1912 FOR PASSAGE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW YORK AND ONWARDS TO WORCESTER. THE CONTRACT IS FOR THE ENTIRE ASPLUND FAMILY AT A COST OF 795 KRONER. IT LISTS THE NAME AND AGE OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER AND STILL HAS BOTH PERFORATED ENDS ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOW SEPARATED. THE TICKET IS WATER STAINED AND WAS RECOVERED FROM CARL ASPLUND'S POCKET BOOK WHICH IN TURN WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS BODY AND KEPT IN THE ASPLUND COLLECTION.	Nil
318	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: A HEAVILY WATER STAINED LEATHER BOUND JOURNAL BEARING NOTES AND FIGURES RELATING TO THE FAMILY WITHIN ITS WATER DAMAGED PAGES. THERE IS A LETTER IN SWEDISH WRITTEN IN 1911 PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. THE TEXT DESCRIBES THE NATURE AND WEATHER AND THAT TICKETS ARE CHEAPLY AVAILABLE AT THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. IT ALSO NOTES DETAILS OF BIRTH DATES AND AGES OF THE ASPLUND FAMILY TOGETHER WITH LATER HAND WRITTEN ADDITIONS AFTER THE SINKING. 4.1/2ins. x 6ins. THIS JOURNAL WAS RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
319	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: A GOLD PLATED WALTHAM AMERICAN POCKET WATCH, THE PROPERTY OF CARL ASPLUND. THE WATCH HAS SUFFERED OBVIOUS TRAUMA, THE MOVEMENT IS MISSING POSSIBLY LOST IN ITS RECOVERY. THE HANDS ARE FROZEN IN TIME AT 2.19am, A MOMENT BEFORE TITANIC WAS LOST BENEATH THE NORTH ATLANTIC. THE WATCH WAS RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
320	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: A PAIR OF IRON KEYS WITH QUATRE FOIL HEAD. THEY ARE OF STANDARD FORM AND WOULD POSSIBLY BE USED TO UNLOCK JEWELLERY BOX OR SMALL TRUNK 2ins. THESE KEYS WERE RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS. N.B. MR ASPLUND'S BODY WAS RECOVERED WITHOUT SOME VALUABLE POSSESSIONS, THESE KEYS MAY HAVE BEEN TO A MISSING CASKET.	Nil
321	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: CARL ASPLUND'S WEDDING RING RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON WHEN HE WAS PICKED UP BY THE MACKAY BENNETT AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
322	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: SELMA ASPLUND'S YELLOW METAL CONTINENTAL 14k WEDDING RING. IT WAS WORN ON THE NIGHT APRIL 14th 1912 WHEN SHE WAS SAVED TOGETHER WITH HER CHILDREN FELIX AND LILLIAN. IT WAS TREASURED UNTIL HER DEATH ON APRIL 15th 1965.	Nil
323	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: YELLOW METAL WATCH CHAIN WITH LOCKET SUSPENDED, SET WITH A SMALL SEED PEARL 13ins. THE LOCKET SHOWS SIGNS OF EMERSION IN SEA WATER. THE LOCKET AND CHAIN WAS RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
324	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: YELLOW METAL BADGE MARKED F OF A SWEDISH ASSOCIATION. THE BADGE WAS RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS.	Nil
325	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: A HEAVILY WEATHERED POCKET BOOK WITH INSERTS FOR PAPERWORK. 4ins. x 6ins. THE POCKET BOOK CONTAINED ALL OF THE PAPERWORK RECOVERED FROM MR ASPLUND'S PERSON INCLUDING THE FAMILY CONTRACT TICKET AND INLAND FORWARDING ORDER AND IS INCLUDED IN THE INVENTORY OF HIS POSSESSIONS RECOVERED BY THE MACKAY BENNETT.	Nil
326	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: AN UNPUBLISHED COLOUR TINTED PHOTOGRAPH OF LILLIAN ASPLUND TAKEN IN THE YEARS AFTER THE DISASTER AGED APPROX 9-10 YEARS OLD.	Nil
327	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: THREE UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF FELIX ASPLUND IN LATER YEARS FROM THE FAMILY'S PRIVATE COLLECTION.	Nil
328	R.M.S TITANIC - LILLIAN ASPLUND COLLECTION: AN UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPH OF FELIX ASPLUND TAKEN IN THE YEARS AFTER THE DISASTER AGED APPROX. 6-7 YEARS OLD.	Nil

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