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Harper's Weekly Illustrator Depicts Orphaned Boy in New England Scene
A Harper's Weekly illustration shows a young boy in New England smoking a cigar while perched on a roof of a nearly submerged house. Asked about his parents he replies they are dead or missing, noting he is an orphan.
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