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16 Inch Disappearing Carriage Model 1917 under Construction
16 Inch Disappearing Carriage Model 1917 under Construction 12/30/1920
16 inch guns of the USS Iowa firing during battle drill in the Pacific.
16 inch guns of the USS Iowa firing during battle drill in the Pacific. ca. 1944
Act for 1789 Federal Government Appropriations
Act for 1789 Federal Government Appropriations 9/29/1789
1850 Census Entry for Ralph Waldo Emerson
1850 Census Entry for Ralph Waldo Emerson 9/24/1850
1850 Census Entry for Henry David Thoreau
1850 Census Entry for Henry David Thoreau 9/17/1850
Grand National Republican Ticket
Grand National Republican Ticket 1856
1880 Census Schedule for 97 Orchard Street
1880 Census Schedule for 97 Orchard Street ca. 1880
1889 Democratic Ticket Campaign Badge
1889 Democratic Ticket Campaign Badge 1889
1890 Democratic Ticket Campaign Badge
1890 Democratic Ticket Campaign Badge 1890
Joint Resolution Proposing the Eighteenth Amendment
Joint Resolution Proposing the Eighteenth Amendment 12/18/1917
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