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Letter from Elizabeth Parke Firestone to Mme. Alice Laporte (for Balenciaga), April 8, 1955 -
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Letter from Elizabeth Parke Firestone to Mme. Alice Laporte (for Balenciaga), April 8, 1955

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Letter from Elizabeth Parke Firestone to Mme. Alice Laporte (for Balenciaga), April 8, 1955