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Man with Display of Mollusks

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Description: A man is sitting at a table and holding a box in his hand with a small shell in it. In front of him on the table is a display of shells.
Photograph

Mermaid at Home

Date: 05 10 2015
Description: Several figurines, starfish, and shells sitting on top of a lace runner on an end table. The figurines include: a young boy carrying two pails of milk, two...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Virginia, Mary-Land, and the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Date: 1719
Description: Map of Maryland and surrounding states. It shows the boundaries, counties, cities, towns, rivers, and bays. Mountains, forests, and swamps appear pictoria...
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Two Mollusks

Date: 1856
Description: An etching, labeled Conchology Plate III, depicts two large mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition. They were described and named by physici...
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"The Question of the Hour: When Do We Eat" Menu

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Description: Menu for a gathering ("Fourth Semi Annual Mess of Co. I Greaseballs") at Kuglers Restaurant, with "The Question of the Hour: When Do We Eat" within a borde...
Book or Pamphlet

A Catalog of Plants & Shells

Date: 1836
Description: Title page of Increase Lapham's A catalog of Plants & Shells, Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee on the West Side of Lake Michigan,
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Mollusks of Japan

Date: 1856
Description: An etching, labeled Conchology Plate 1 depicts a number of bivalve mollusks collected and drawn by members of the Perry expedition. The specimens we...
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Mollusks of Japan

Date: 1856
Description: A hand-colored etching, labeled Choncology Plate II, depicts mollusks collected by the Perry expedition. The specimens were described and named by p...
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Sea Scallop

Date: 1856
Description: An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yesso...
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Mollusks

Date: 1856
Description: A hand-colored etching of the shells of mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition, described and named by physician and conchologist John Clark...
Photograph

Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...

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