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The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

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1856
Nathaniel Currier
Rising Fears About Nuclear War

Rising Fears About Nuclear War

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1982
Roberts Phillips
Samuel Clemens

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Georgy Malenkov

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1953
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1861
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Le Tumulte Noir/Man in Bathrobe

Le Tumulte Noir/Man in Bathrobe

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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Spotted Owl

Spotted Owl

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1990
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1923
Ritchey Lithographic Corporation
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c. 1944
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George Washington and Charles Willson Peale

George Washington and Charles Willson Peale

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1895
Max Rosenthal
The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation

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1864
Adalbert John Volck
Proclamation of Emancipation

Proclamation of Emancipation

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1864
William Roberts

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