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Photo of my grandfather

n February I received a notice from Ebay that one of my obscure ‘watch word’ notifications that I had listed with them was sent to my email. The watch word was: ‘Francis Orville Libby, Photographer.’ Included in my email was a photo published in AP dated: January 26th, 1921. The photograph was a page cut out of the magazine and entitled ‘The Adventurer’ featuring a man in jodhpurs silhouetted against the sky standing alongside a mountain crag. It was for sale from someone in England for $20. As soon as I saw the image I exclaimed, to no one in particular; ‘That’s my grandfather!’ I bought the picture and waited

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