Movie: Grandma's Reading Glass

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Harold Smith
Harold Smith

Willy, the Little Grandson

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    A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.

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    1900-11-01

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