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Image Not Available for A player makes a decision to bite a thumb on the spur of the moment. "Ouch" he cries as he bites his own thumb.
A player makes a decision to bite a thumb on the spur of the moment. "Ouch" he cries as he bites his own thumb.
Image Not Available for A player makes a decision to bite a thumb on the spur of the moment. "Ouch" he cries as he bites his own thumb.

A player makes a decision to bite a thumb on the spur of the moment. "Ouch" he cries as he bites his own thumb.

Creator Deutscher Verlag (German)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.9 x 14.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/4208
LocationNot currently on display

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