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2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
Artist/Maker: Asher Brown Durand

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Coin: half dollar, Sesquicentenneal, 1776-1926
1926.86
Baron Jean Gallatin
Artist/Maker: Jacques Mauny
1952.368
Madeleine de Gallatin
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist
1952.369
Medal w/ribbon in box:Industry of all Nations 1853
INV.4800
Pin: July 1936.10189 Bathing Belmar Beach
INV.4698C
Pin: Belmar Bathing, 1933.14384
INV.4698G
Coin in envelope: Cistophorus-silver coin of Augustus
INV.10782
2 tokens: N.Y.C. Transit Authority Tokens
INV.4257
Coin: USA, 1867 lll
1609
Metal on Card w/ribbon: Souvenir of Tunnel,March 24,1900
INV.3512
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