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  • certified proof

    BEP certification date
    1891-08-29
    plate date
    1891-11-19
    series date
    1882
  • Pen case with flowers, birds, butterflies, and hazelnuts

    Date
    ca. 1875-1900
    Period
    Qajar period
  • Lepidium latipes Hook.

    Collection Date
    1883
  • Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.

    Collection Date
    27 Aug 1887
  • Pagurus hirsutiusculus

    Collection Date
    26 Sep 1888
  • Trade catalogs from Clay Shingle Co.

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    1800s
  • Trade catalogs from Duhme & Co.

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    1800s
  • Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.

    Collection Date
    Aug 1888
  • Thelypodium paniculatum A. Nelson

    Collection Date
    20 Jul 1884
  • Jatropha cuneata Wiggins & Rollins

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    1887

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