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  • Campanulariidae

    Collection Date
    13 Nov 1983
  • Group slide sp.

    Collection Date
    4 Sep 1918
  • Carex festucacea Willd.

  • loom

    patent date
    1861-03-05
  • Aglaophenopsis verrilli

    Collection Date
    2 Sep 1885
  • Sermons preached in Boston on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Together with the funeral services in the East room of the Executive mansion at Washington

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    1865
  • Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton

    Collection Date
    28 Aug 1926
  • Tupperware

    date made
    mid 20th century
  • Tharyx acutus

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    2 Jun 1984
  • Sample of 6 dram mohair roving, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, 1914

    date made
    1914

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