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    1920-03-15
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    1903-03-30
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    1902
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    (by 1928)
  • The annual exhibition record of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1888-1950 / Peter Hastings Falk, editor ; Andrea Ansell Bien, assistant editor

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    1990
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    ca. 1922
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    Aug 1928
  • Carex frankii Kunth

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    14 Jun 1926
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    1922
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    19uu
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    19 Mar 1986
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    1924 To 1980
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    May 1921

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