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Album: Conlon // Philadelphia & County Monaghan

Seán Conlon as a baby at the gates of Conlon family home in Landsdowne, Pennsylvania,

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Seán Conlon as a baby, in the front garden of the family home in Landesdown, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. The back of the photo reads; “Escape – it runs in the family” . This refers to his father Vincent’s internment as a combatant in the border campaign in Ireland in 1962.

Digital copy of Black & White silver gelatin print.

Album: Conlon // Philadelphia & County Monaghan

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