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  • Report of the proceedings of the ... annual convention of the Master-Car Builders' Association

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    1878
    1918
    1878-1918
  • Astronomy / by Simon Newcomb and Edward S. Holden

    Date
    1887
    1887 [c1883]
  • 4th Michigan Infantry Monument, (sculpture)

    Date
    Dedicated June 12, 1889
  • List of all Indian treaties and agreements made with the several tribes of Indians in the United States which have been ratified (alphabetically arranged), with the date of each treaty and where the same appears in the statues at large

    Date
    1881
  • Cladocarpus flexilis

    Collection Date
    16 Jul 1881
  • Pagurus capillatus

    Collection Date
    1880
  • Deutsche Romantiker : Bildthemen der Zeit von 1800 bis 1850 : 14. Juni bis 1. September 1985, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung / Konzeption, Christoph Heilmann

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    1985
    C1985
    19th century
  • Photographisches Archiv. Berichte über den Fortschritt der Photographie ..

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    18uu
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  • Delphinium verdunense Balb.

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    14 Jun 1888
  • Spécimens de la décoration et de l'ornementation au XIXe siècle, par Liénard. Approuvé par le Conseil de perfectionnement de l'enseignement des arts du dessin en Belgique ..

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    1866
    [1866]
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