Bennett Cerf

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Bennett Cerf, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.

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American publisher and editor

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Bennett Cerf, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.

Bennett Cerf, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.

Carl Van Vechten Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-USZ62-121321)

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