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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
Related Person: Theodore Roosevelt

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Writing desk
1840-1860
1946.199ab
Writing tablet with accessories
ca. 1889
INV.8547a-f
WTC
2001-2002
2002.5.23
WWI Commemorative Medal
Z.3568
WWI Commemorative Medal
Z.3570
WWI Commemorative War Medal for Albert Flood
Z.3567
WWI; white; Navy cap; marked LM Wright
1928-1930
1950.33
WWII Medal/Rank
INV.5194
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
2000.701
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society Commemorative Medal
1908
INV.5560
X.114[dup]
X.114[dup]
XX International Congress of Americanists Medal
1922
INV.5548
Y. M. D. C. House Ribbon
ca. 1870 or later
INV.2296
Y.M.D.C. Campaign Badge
1870 or later
INV.2267
Y.M.D.C. Ribbon
1870
INV.2268
Yale University Award Medal
ca. 1956
INV.10218
Yama
ca. 1960-1980
2007.6.17
Yankee Doodle
ca. 1900
2000.775
Yankee Doodle
1899
2000.776
Yankee Doodle: A Game of American History
1895
2000.354
Yankee Peddler or What Do You Buy?
1865-1870
2000.666
Yardage
2002.1.4844
Yardage
2002.1.4845
Yardage
2002.1.4846
Yardgoods (2 lengths)
ca. 1939
2006.7.2.1-2
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