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  • Epilobium hornemannii subsp. behringianum (Hausskn.) Hoch & P.H. Raven

    Collection Date
    2 Aug 1945
  • Xanthoparmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Hale

    Collection Date
    17 Jun 1946
  • One-Two-Three, (sculpture)

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    Modeled 1948.; Cast by May 1961
  • Among the San Blas Indians of Panama, giving a description of their manners, customs and beliefs / Leon Sylvester De Smidt

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    1948
    1948]
  • "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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  • Salebriacus odiosella

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    19 May 1946
  • The Stamp trading post

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    19uu
  • Progressive architecture official guide : designer's Saturday

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    19uu
  • A guide for federal executives to inter-agency service functions, contacts and procedures

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    1941
  • Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

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    24 May 1944

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