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  • Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh

    Collection Date
    2 Aug 1932
  • "Young collectors" : an exhibition of paintings lent by members of the Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art at the Guest House of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, ... New York, November 5th through 28th, 1954

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    1954
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    20th century
  • Die Vögel der österreichischen Costa-Rica-Expedition / von M. Sassi

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    1938
    1938-1939
  • Orchomenella minuta

    Collection Date
    26 May 1938
  • SNOW PLOWS FOR MOTOR TRUCKS & TRACTOR CATALOG NO. 290

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    1931
    1931?
  • The Stamp trading post

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  • Progressive architecture official guide : designer's Saturday

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  • Foraminiferida Fusulinid Douglass-Henbest

    Collection Date
    15 Jan 1936
  • Mercoid thermostat no. 855

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    1930
  • Holothuria impatiens

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    21 Dec 1932

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