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At the time of this portrait Nels Joseph Lee was a physical education instructor at McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids. (Wood also taught in the Cedar Rapids schools from 1919 to 1925 and it was during this time that he met Mr. Lee)

Source: News, July/August 1991


DimensionsOverall: 16 × 12 1/4 in. (40.6 × 31.1 cm)
Accession Number 1992.1
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
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