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Edward S. Curtis

Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952) left an enduring mark on the history of photography in his 20-volume life's work, The North American Indian. Between 1900 and 1930, Curtis traveled across the continent ...
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Testing aircraft, exploring space : an illustrated history of NACA and NASA / Roger E. Bilstein

Foundations for flight, 1915-1930 -- Aeronautics in peace and war, 1930-1945 -- Jets, sonic speed, and satellites, 1945-1958 -- On the fringes of space, 1958-1964 -- Dress rehearsals, 1964-1969 -- ...
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The early development of the concepts of temperature and heat : the rise and decline of caloric theory / prepared by Duane Roller

The early development of the concepts of temperature and heat : the rise and decline of caloric theory / prepared by Duane Roller ...
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Marian Anderson: Voice of the Century

Arturo Toscanini said that Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) had a voice that came along "once in a hundred years." When one of Anderson's teachers first heard her sing, the ...
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American Samplers

The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth Colony about 1645. By the 1700s, samplers depicting alphabets and numerals were worked by young women to learn the basic ...
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National Postal Museum

Three vintage mail planes; stagecoach; 1931 Ford Model A postal truck; replica of a railway car; William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, the world’s largest stamp gallery where children can trace the journeys ...
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Earthly remains : the history and science of preserved human bodies / Andrew T. Chamberlain and Michael Parker Pearson

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Dragonflies of Victoria : an identification guide to adult and larval dragonflies (Odonata) / G. Theischinger & John H. Hawking

ENT copy gift of Richard C. Greene, SIL. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!1107760~!0#focus ...
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After 200 years : photographic essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia today / edited by Penny Taylor for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies

After 200 years : photographic essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia today / edited by Penny Taylor for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ...
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"For learning and culture" : the history of early art training at the University of Ife (1969-1975) / Janine Sytsma

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Badge of valor : the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial / by Brent Ashabranner ; photographs by Jennifer Ashabranner

Describes the planning and creation of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and profiles some of those police officers who gave their lives in the line of ...