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Illustration Credits
tp.1: Photograph by George Silk. Time-Life Pictures/Getty Images.
2.1: From the personal collection of Harry de Leyer.
2.2: From the personal collection of Harry de Leyer.
3.1: From Rose Leaves, the Knox School yearbook, 1957, courtesy of Bonnie Cornelius Spitzmiller. Used with the permission of the Knox School.
5.1: From Rose Leaves, the Knox School yearbook, 1959, courtesy of Bonnie Cornelius Spitzmiller. Used with the permission of the Knox School.
5.2: From Rose Leaves, the Knox School yearbook, 1957, courtesy of Bonnie Cornelius Spitzmiller. Used with the permission of the Knox School.
5.3: From Rose Leaves, the Knox School yearbook, 1959, courtesy of Bonnie Cornelius Spitzmiller. Used with the permission of the Knox School.
5.4: From Rose Leaves, the Knox School yearbook, 1957, courtesy of Bonnie Cornelius Spitzmiller.