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  • Dioclea albiflora R.S. Cowan

    Collection Date
    19 Dec 1955
  • Neoephydra araucaria

    Collection Date
    15 Jan 1955
  • Ettore Sottsass senior : architetto / catalogo delle opere a cura di Gianni Pettena, Milco Carboni

    Date
    1991
    C1991
    20th century
  • Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.

    Collection Date
    10 Jul 1959
  • THE shin hanga : hanmoto Watanabe Shōzaburō no chōsen = The shin-hanga : the great endeavor of Watanabe Shōzaburō / henshū Tsukimoto Toshihiko

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    2022
    20th century
  • A Treasury of Immortal Performances: Columbo, Crosby, Sinatra

    date made
    1951
  • Panicum hispidifolium Swallen

    Collection Date
    17 Oct 1951
  • Plethodon cinereus

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    16 Aug 1959
  • Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Arnold

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    18 Jul 1958
  • Bryoria jubata (L.) Bystrek

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    7 Aug 1958

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