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I'm not so sure I agree with Baskerville. The 'e' has a slightly slanted bar, and the 'f' has a shallower 'crook' than any Baskerville I am seeing. The ampersand could have come from a collection of ampersands like these two fonts from Castle Type.

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I believe this is Times Roman. It appears to be cut or cast letters applied to a wall and some of them (like the e) are a bit crooked. The baseline is also crooked and the spacing is a bit loose and uneven.

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Also, I think it has been stretched a little horizontally.

I should note that I'm having trouble finding a precise match with any of the common digital versions of Times. But I don't think that means it's not Times. There are so many versions of this face--both authorized and unauthorized. It might also be pre-digital.

In any case, I am convinced that it is some version of Times.

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As for the ampersand, it's a little like the one in Cooper Black, too. My gut feeling is that it was custom designed.

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