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Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
Artist/Maker: Chesley Bonestell

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"The Much Lov'd Sea-Boy Sleeps", Folio no.18 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
1827
1944.371
"The New Sign": Washington visits the Newly Named "Gen'l Washington" Inn
1936.920
"The Nigger" in the Woodpile
1860
PR.010.1860.8
"The Old Beekman" Restaurant, New York City
c. 1900-10
1915.30
"The Old Beekman," New York City
1917
1921.67
"The Picture Alphabet"
1850-1855
1937.603
"The Reprimand": George Washington and Benedict Arnold, Morristown, April 6, 1780
1936.914
"The Return of Rip Van Winkle": Study for Plate V in "Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle"
c. 1848
1949.107
"The Storming of Quebec"
ca. 1800
1941.111
"The Stourbridge Lion" Commemorative Plaquette
1929
INV.2805
"The Stourbridge Lion" Commemorative Plaquette
1929
1952.422
"The Tree of Knowledge"
1792
1957.208
"The Ultimate Stimulus Package, Obama Condoms"
2009
2009.32.3
"The Van", Cardiff, Wales
1909.42
"The Voices of the Woods", A Woman with a Violin (Study for "Studying The Voices of Nature")
1880s
1935.85.3.30
"The Washington Coach was a Familiar Sight on Colonial Roads"
c. 1930
1936.1003
"The Washington Elm" Cambridge Centennial Medal
1875
INV.3184
"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"
ca. 1826-28
1979.31a
"Tide Out", Townscape, Mont Saint-Michel, France
c. 1874
1935.85.2.61
"Toppy" McGuire's Club House, Harlem, New York City, with Architectural Details and Map
1872
1912.31
"Town Spring" or Reservoir, Winchester, Virginia
1864
1945.580.39
"Travelling in- Cog--"
ca. 1826-28
1979.32b
"U.S. Sloop-of-War / "hornet" / 1805-29"
1935
2009.23
"UAW SUPPORTS BARACK OBAMA JOE BIDEN OBAMA '08, WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM"
2008
2009.7
"Unable to Obtain Employment, They Are Driven by Poverty into the Streets to Beg and by [illeg.] Means They Still Supply the Bottle."
ca. 1850
2010.16.14d
Creative: Tronvig Group