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Yes, You Are Seeing Double, Two sets of identical twins, Alwin and Lavona Richmond, left, and Lavelda and Arthur Richmond, right, or is it the other w(...)
Yes, You Are Seeing Double, Two sets of identical twins, Alwin and Lavona Richmond, left, and Lavelda and Arthur Richmond, right, or is it the other w(...)

Yes, You Are Seeing Double, Two sets of identical twins, Alwin and Lavona Richmond, left, and Lavelda and Arthur Richmond, right, or is it the other w(...)

Date6/10/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Yes; You Are Seeing Double; Two sets of identical twins; Alwin and Lavona Richmond; left; and Lavelda and Arthur Richmond; right; or is it the other way around? -- are on their honeymoon in Toronto to promote annual convention of the International Twins Association to be held Labor Day weekend in Valley Forge; Penn. The couples; who live in the same house in Aurora; Ill.; say twins from Canada have never attended a convention.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020632F
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