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  • Fragments of maps depicting the Turkish empire and the British colonies in the Caribbean

    Date
    1700
    1700-1740
    [between 1700 and 1740?]
    Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
  • Navicula lyra Ehrenb.

    Collection Date
    Jan 1892
  • from "Saint Germain - Volumes 1 & 2"

    Date
    ca. 1896
  • Trade catalogs from W. H. Miller

    Date
    1800s
  • Trade catalogs from United States Electric Lighting Co.

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    1800s
  • Turned, ground, highly-polished steel shafting Price list A-July 1895, Price list F-August 1897

    Date
    1895
    1895-1897
  • Potamogeton sparganiifolius Bab.

    Collection Date
    14 Aug 1896
  • Trade catalogs from Chase & Sanborn Co.

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    1800s
  • Trade catalogs from Smead, Wills & Co.

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    1800s
  • Souvenir (guide)

    Date
    1892
    1892?

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