Alfred Shaheen | 1922-2008

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Samoan Tapa

( www.alfredshaheen.com )

Alfred Shaheen is seen here in a Samoan Tapa in 1954. Shaheen sold prints for men's shirts and shorts and women's dresses and sarongs. Shaheen died Dec. 22 at 86.

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