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|Article=Mel Cummin

|Description=Portrait photograph of Mel Cummin from The Explorers Club files of deceased members

|Source=the image was photocopied by the Explorers Club in NYC and mailed to me by the Explorers Club, then scanned and cropped by me. The original photographer is not known.

|Portion=cropped from photocopy of full photograph

|Low_resolution=yes, scan of photocopy of photograph

|Purpose=Primary identification of a pioneering comic strip illustrator

|Replaceability=no other photos known to be available

|Other information=The complete image of which this is a portion is most likely copyrighted to the Explorers Club, NYC, but used here under fair-use claim, as the image of a deceased notable person.

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