Public-domain NMAH
200 public-domain plates · 16th century to 20th century · 385 attributed
200 public-domain works catalogued under NMAH spanning the 16th century to 20th century, released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag and free to reuse. Of these, 385 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Booklet, "Harrison Melodies", 1840
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The Farmer at Market
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Colt Belt Model Percussion Revolver
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Weighing and Distributing Scales
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Shipyard at St. Nazaire
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Patent Model for Maynard Breechloading Centerfire Rifle, Modified from Springfield Armory 1861 Percussion Rifle Musket
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Helmet Frontpiece, "Yankee Worcester 5"
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Helmet Frontpiece, "1"
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Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press
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Fire Axe
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Lithograph "Northern Liberty Fire Company No. 1"
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Woodcock Shooting
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Fire Helmet, "Excelsior"
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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Great Circles on a Sphere
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photograph Mrs. Fiske as Marie Deloche
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Patent model for printers' extension sidesticks
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Fairmount Fire Company Fire Hat
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Vase of Fruit
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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Stellation of the Icosadodecahedron, Described by Wheeler as a Stellated Icosahedron
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Perseverance Hose Company Fire Hat
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Miscelaneous Photographs
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Engraving of lizard species "Cnemidophorus Presignis"
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Allen, Copp & Nisbet Business Card
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James Smith's 1867 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
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Two storey frame house
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Sunday Sports
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Addison S. Vorse's 1869 School Desk Patent fragment
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Union Fire Company Fire Hat
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The Mexican Commander Enjoying the Prospect Opposite Matamoras
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Into Mischief
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The Fruit
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The Great Fire at Chicago, Oct. 8th 1871
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A Square in Neufmaisons
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A Minister Extraordinary Taking Passage & Bound On a Foreign Mission to the Court of His Satanic Majesty! by Henry Robinson
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Distant View of Coblenz
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A Startling Fact
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South St. Louis Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company Fire Mark
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The G. C. at Dawn, Badonviller
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The River Front at Saumur
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Lithograph, "The Life of the Fireman Series - The new era"
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Great Falls of the Potomac
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Antediluvian Record by Endicott and Company
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Modern Madonna No. 2
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Geometric Model by Dick Holl, a Student of A.Harry Wheeler, Dodecadodecahedron
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Evangeline
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Patent Model of a Bookbinder's Sewing Table
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Junggesellen - Leiden or Bachelor from Leiden
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Lithograph, "The Darktown Fire Brigade: All on Their Mettle"
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patent model, brick machine
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Swing-Time
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Philadelphia Contributionship Fire Mark
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State Department
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Presentation Trumpet, "Excelsior Hose Company"
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Patent Model, Merrill, Latrobe & Thomas Breechloading Carbine
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Capture of Andre 1780 by E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Elongated Pentagonal Pyramid
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Artillery Horses in the River at Andilly
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Missouri State Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Home Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company Fire Mark
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[American Hunting Scenes]
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De Quoco Single Manual Harpsichord
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A New Method of Macarony Making As Practiced at Boston
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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Lunes on the Surface of a Sphere
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Reddy Farm on Hill 230
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Street Fighting
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Hook and Ladder Model, Dedrichh Aerial Ladder Truck
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Patent model for miscellaneous parts
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Arithmetic Card for Use with a Numeral Frame
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Frank T. June's 1878 School Desk Connecting Improvement Patent Model
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1850 - 1875 "Shoo-fly" Pieced Quilt
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Philadelphia Contributionship Fire Mark
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Clay Fire and Marine Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Rounding up Boche Prisoners
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Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
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Sorex Palustris Rich
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1838 Holland's Doubling and Twisting Silk Machine
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Mount Pitt Klamath River & Upper Klamath Lake from Camp 30
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Off Duty
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Chromolithograph of "Mirage on the Colorado Desert"
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Joseph Ingles's 1870 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
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Philadelphia Contributionship Fire Mark
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Holman Adding Machine
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Robinson and Gresham Injector, Patent Model
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Diffraction Grating
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William P. Erwin and Thomas A. Dugdale's Second 1870 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
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Ericsson Hot-Air Engine, Patent Model
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Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks
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John Peard's 1873 School Tablet Desk and Seat Patent Model
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1839, Jacob Pratt's Patent Model of a Silk Reeling, Spinning, and Twisting Machine
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Fire Bucket, "C. Endicott "
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Camp Meeting by Kelloggs & Comstock
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Weber Road Scraper
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Missionary Society Certificate by Nathaniel Currier
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Boundary Bridge Over the Sure, Echternach
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City view with steeple
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S.T. Suit's Pure Kentucky Bourbon
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The Life & Age of Man by James Baille
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The Young American Sailor
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Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press
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War/Peace
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The River at Neufchâteau
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A Home in the Country (Summer)
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Patent Model of a Pantographic Engraving Machine
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The Effects of the New Liquor Law by Kimmel and Forster
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Peabody Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Patent Model of a Machine for Printing Paper Hangings
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Chateau Thierry
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Mr. G. Hopper - Kansas
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In the Argonne Forest
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G Street, Washington
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Lithograph, "Great Fire in New York, From Exchange Place"
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Lepus Aquaticus, Bach.
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Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Books in the Round
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In the Salvage Depot at St. Pierre
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Patent Model of a Plate Printing Press
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The Moselle at Cochem
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Mayhew Diaphragm Steam Engine, Patent Model
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Patent Model for a Press for Printing Railroad Tickets in Two or More Colors
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Patent model for printing photomechanical plates
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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Elongated Pentagonal Orthocupolarotunda
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Patent Model of a Railway Ticket Printing and Registering Machine
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G Street Parlor
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Patent model for miscellaneous parts
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Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
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Variable Angle Prism
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A Belleau Farm
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Buchanan Campaign Ribbon, 1856
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Court Sword, Fob Inscribed "Sidney Mason Consul General to Porto Rico 1825 Born 1799 Died 1871"
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Ladies Bathing
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Firemen's Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Barracks at Battalion Headquarters on the Verdun
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Cameron Pump Valves, Patent Model
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On the Wharves at St. Nazaire
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The Soldier's Return
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Fire Bucket, "Jonas White"
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Casemate Camp Des Romains
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Slate
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List of Kings from 821 to 1808 in England
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Patent model for frame
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Church, Washington, D.C.
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City view with Steeple
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Charleston Mutual Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Feles Concolor, Linn
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Dressing Station in Ruined Farm
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One of the Locomotive Shops Near St. Nazaire
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J.R. Poinsett Secretary of War
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Northern Liberty No. 1Fire Hat
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Hayes/Wheeler Campaign Ribbon, 1876
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Thomas D. Smith
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Washington Fire Hat
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Entrance to a house
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Backyard View
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Patent Model, Joshua Stevens
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Ichabod Crane from Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Hand printing press
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Hand Pump Model, "Darktown"
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Flirey
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Franklin's Reception at the Court of France 1778 by John Smith
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The Old, Old, Story
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The Castle Sedan Used as German Military Hospital
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Patent Model of a Type-Scouring Machine
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Fire Bucket, "Union Fire Co."
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Firemen's Insurance Company Fire Mark
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Fire Department’s Insurance Company
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The Tree of Life
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Dave and Mark jar
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C.M. Clay
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A Billet at Rambucourt
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Aqueduct Bridge from Georgetown College grounds
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Hand Pumper Model
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The Babes in (the) Wood.
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view of Great Falls in the Potomac River
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Firemen's Insurance Company Fire Mark
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What Are the Wild Waves Saying Sister?
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Deringer Percussion Pistol
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Firefighter Statuette
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Saumur on the Loire
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To the Memory of by E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
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Northern Liberty Fire Company Fire Hat
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Colt M1902 Military Automatic Pistol, Standard Production
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Hand Pumper Model, "Lafayette Company"
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Fire Helmet, "CHIEF D.I.T."
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Walch Patent Model Revolver
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Patent model for method of making wooden type
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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Tridiminished Icosahedron
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Firemen's Insurance Company Fire Mark
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H. M. Wood Windmill Patent Model
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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman,Truncated Cube
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Presentation Trumpet "James McQuire"
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Work Trumpet, "Assistant Foreman, SH &L"
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Patent model for copper plate press
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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Trigyrate Rhombicosidodecahedron
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Geometric Model of A. Harry Wheeler, Immersion of a Moebius Band (One-Sided Polyhedron)
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Balance
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Patent Model for a Rotary Perfecting Press
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Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
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View of Sangre De Cristo Pass: Looking Northeast from Camp North of Summit, August 11
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The Little Playmates
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Colt Model No 3 Deringer
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Steelyard
Using these works
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