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2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
Related Person: Field Exploration Committee

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1 of set of 4 Side Chairs
1880-1920
1945.118d
1 of set of 4 Side Chairs
1880-1920
1945.118b
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6d
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1815-1820
1957.205e
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6e
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
ca. 1843
1944.325b
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6b
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6f
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
ca. 1843
1944.325e
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6c
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
1770-1790
1870.6a
1 Sofa of a pair
1850-1860
1954.208a
1 Sofa of a pair
1850-1860
1954.208b
100th Anniversary of American Independence Medal
1876
INV.3430
11.2
11.2
13th Regiment New Armory Fair Medal
1894
INV.4988
16 to One
Z.2680
16/1
1896
Z.3607
1844 Nimes Scientific Congress Medal
1844
INV.10672
1867 Silver Dollar box cover
1870-1900
INV.4871
1876 Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
INV.3319
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Commemorative Medal
1876
INV.3330
1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
INV.3338
1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition Medal
1876
INV.4322
1892 Italian-American Exposition Medal
1892
1940.237
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