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  • 3 Grosh, Poland (Russia), 1820

    date made
    1820
  • Sake bottle

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    1800-1880
    Period
    Edo period or Meiji era
  • earrings, pair of

    Date made
    1780 - 1820
  • Revolutionary brotherhood : Freemasonry and the transformation of the American social order, 1730-1840 / Steven C. Bullock

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    1996
    C1996
    18th century
    19th century
  • Homecoming : the art collection of James J. Hill / Jane H. Hancock, Sheila Ffolliott, Thomas O'Sullivan

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    1991
    C1991
    19th century
  • The Wheeling Bridge case : its significance in American law and technology / by Elizabeth Brand Monroe

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    1992
    C1992
    19th century
  • From carriage trade to ready-made : St. Louis clothing designers, 1880-1920 / Sharon Fivel

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    1992
    ©1992
    19th century
    20th century
  • Trade catalogs from National Construction Co. Ltd.

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    1800s
  • Trade catalogs from C.S. Ransom & Co.

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    1800s
  • John Quincy Adams

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    1828-29

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