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 "Blue Back" (1783) is a USA spelling book by Noah Webster (1758-1843) with spellings changed from the original British English. |
2024 |
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"The Secret Garden" (manuscript draft, 1910) by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924). |
2024 |
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"Women of Distinction" (1893) by Lawson Andrew Scruggs (1857-1914): a refutation of negative portrayals of black Americans in media and literature. |
2024 |
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Virginia Woolf's (1882-1941) walking stick (c1941). |
2024 |
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Passover service produced by Holocaust survivors in Munich (Germany) in 1946. |
2024 |
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"Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro", a magazine with articles about jazz. "Negro" is an older USA word for a black person. |
2024 |
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"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (c1966) is a play about playwright, Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), the first black woman to be produced on Broadway. |
2024 |
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"The Negro Motorist Green Book" (1949) is a list of places (hotels, restaurants, gas stations and beauty salons) that would accept black custom during the Jim Crow (Segregation) era. |
2024 |
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Photograph of Dr Martin Luther King preparing for a speech at the United Nations on 15 April 1967. |
2024 |
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"Essay on the Education of Blind Children" (1786) by Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) uses an large embossed font that can be read by touch. His student, Louis Braille (1809-1852) created his raised dots method for reading a year later. |
2024 |
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1804 Portrait of Mary Woolstonecraft (1759-1797) a feminist author and mother of Mary Shelley. |
2024 |
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"A Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792) by Mary Woolstonecraft. |
2024 |
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"Southern Horrors: Lynch Law In All Its Phases" (1892) by Ida B Wells (1862-1931), a writer who reported on violence againts black people in the Southern states of the USA. |
2024 |
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"Portrait of Ida B Wells" (1862-1931). |
2024 |
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Sunset photo taken by John Glenn (USA astronaut, 1921-2016) from orbit in Mercury 6 in 1962. |
2024 |
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Typed draft of "Silent Spring" (1962) by Rachel Carson (1907-1964). Carson was a marine biologist and one of the first people to write about ecological issues. |
2024 |
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Buddhist prayer boards in the Pali language (18th century). |
2024 |
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"The Tickhill Psalter" (c1310) by John de Tickhill is one of the most lavishly illuminated 14th century English manuscripts. |
2024 |
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"Bhagavata Purana (Krishnagita)" is an 18th century minature painting depicting scenes from the life of Krishna. |
2024 |
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"The Signs of Benevolant Deeds and the Brilliant Bursts of Light in Remembrance of the Prayers for the Chosen Prophet" (1792). |
2024 |
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The Ketubbah is a Jewish wedding contract (1752) outlines the legal and financial responsibilities of a husband to his wife. |
2024 |
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"The Life of the Prophet" (c1595) is an illuminated Ottoman book based on a 9th century account of the life of Muhammad. |
2024 |
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"Mahzor" (14th century) by David Bar Pesah is a Jewish prayer book used on holy days (Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot). |
2024 |
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"Knitting in the Wind" (silkscreen, 2016) by Maria Berrio (born Colombia, 1982). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Book about sewing by a young woman attending a school for poor girls set up by the Church of England (1838). |
2024 |
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Mask of the Sande Society (Sierra Leone). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Women's ceremonial dance apron from Northern Cameroon (beads and cowrie shells). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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A dissertation about insects by self taught Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"The Masses" (July 1917) was a socialist monthly magazine published between 1911 and 1917. |
2024 |
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Photo of Rosa Parkes (1913-2005) arriving for her trial (19 March 1956) for disobeying an order to move to the "coloured" section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Parkes was fined $14. |
2024 |
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The Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. |
2024 |
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"Portrait of Benjamin Franklin" (1706-1790) by Joseph Siffrede Duplessis (1725-1802). Painted in Paris in 1783. |
2024 |
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Political pamphlet (1766) by Geoge Lyttelton (1709-1773) annotated by Benjamin Franklin. |
2024 |
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First edition of "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (1776) by Adam Smith (1723-1790), an important book about economics. |
2024 |
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Cherokee syllabary (c1845), created by Sequoyah (c1770-c1843). The 85 characters was the first writing system for a North American indigenous language . |
2024 |
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"Geographia" (c1470) drawn by Nicolaus Germanus (c1420-c1490) from the original by Claudius Ptolemy (c100-c170) who introduced lines of latitude and longitude onto maps. |
2024 |
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"Harmonia Macrocosmica" is a Dutch celestial atlas from 1661 by Andreas Cellarius (c1596-1665). |
2024 |
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"De Astronomia" (illuminated manuscript, c1480) from an original by Gaius Julius Hyginus (1st century), an account of the Zodiac. |
2024 |
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"Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540) is a beautiful astronomy book written by Michael Ostendorfer (c1490-1549) and drawn by Peter Apian (1495-1552). |
2024 |
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Detail from the book, "Astronomicum Caesareum" (Michael Ostendorfer, Peter Apian). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"The Great Comet of 1881" as observed on the night of 26 June at 01:30am by Etienne Trouvelot (1827-1895). Published in 1882. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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15th century cookery manuscript containing English recipes formulated by the master cooks of King Richard II. |
2024 |
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"Council House of Santa Maria Toluca" by an unknown Mexican from the 18th century. The book is written in the Aztec language, Nahuatl. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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George Washington's (1732-1799) farewell address after his second term as USA's first President. 1796. |
2024 |
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Photograph of jazz singer, Billie Holiday in the studio at her final recording session in 1959. The photographer was jazz bassist, Milt Hinton (1910-2000). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"The Complutensian Polyglot Bible" in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Aramaic. This 1517 work is the first multilingual printed edition of the Bible. Only 120 exist after hundreds were lost at sea on the way to Italy. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Venus Africaine" (bronze, 1852) by Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827-1905). The original was purchased by Queen Victoria. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Manchester in 1851" (etching) by George Cruikshank (1792-1878). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"The Triumph of Maximilian" (woodcut, 1799) by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) commissioned by Emperor Maximilian. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Sounds" (1913) by Vassily Kandinsky (166-1944). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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A print by Japanese artist, Kojima Tokujiro (1912-1996) inspired by Franz Schubert's (1797-1828) "Winter Journey No 15", a song set to poetry. |
2024 |
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"Jazz" (1947) by Henri Matisse (1869-1954). |
2024 |
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Costume designs for the Broadway production of "West Side Story" in 1957. The designer was Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) who costumed 50 Broadway plays. Sharaff also designed the costumes for the film version, winning an Oscar. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Cue book for the Broadway production of "West Side Story" (1957) by Joe Hill and Ruth Mitchell. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Set design for the Broadway production of "Guys and Dolls" (1950) by Joe Mielziner (1901-1976). |
2024 |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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Preliminary studies for the Broadway production of "Death of a Salesman" by Joe Mielziner. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Oil painting by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) of Studio 54 ticket inscribed on the reverse with "To Truman Love Andy" (1978). Warhole was fascinated by Truman Capote before they were friends. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Reverse of Studio 54 ticket inscribed on the reverse with "To Truman Love Andy" (1978) by Andy Warhol. |
2024 |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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Typewriter owned and used by S J Perelman (1904-1979) to write film scripts for "Monkey Business" (1931) and "Horse Feathers" (1932) for the Marx Brothers. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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Manuscript draft for "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" (1969) by Maya Angelou (1928-2014). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Portrait of Sojourner Truth" (c1797-1883) from c1864. Truth was an abolitionist, suffragette and feminist icon. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave, Emancipated from the Bodily Servitude" by the State of New York in 1828 (Olive Gilbert, 1801-1884). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman" (1869) by Sarah H Bradford. Tubman escaped from slavery through the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes. |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" or "Gustavus Vassa, the African" is an autobiography of a slave (1745-1797). |
2024 |
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New York |
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New York Public Library |
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"The African's Right to Citizenship" (1865) is a pamphlet for white readers discussing USA citizenship to former slaves. |
2024 |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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Clay cylinder with insciption of Nebuchadnezzar II (Neo-Babylonian, c626-539 BCE). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Diwan" is a collection of poetry, prayers and stories in Turkish and Arabic (Yunus Emre, died c1321). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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"Man Reading" or "Man Liberated by Books" (1961) by Jacques Hnizdovsky (Ukrainian, 1915-1985). |
2024 |
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New York Public Library |
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First printed edition of Plato's (c428 - 348 BCE)) complete works in Greek (1513) edited by Aldus Manutius (c1451-1515) and Marcus Musurus (c1470-1517). |
2024 |
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New York |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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Bronze bust of Voltaire (1694-1778) by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) a few months before the writer's death. |
2024 |
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New York |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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One of only three surviving copies of a plan of New York City from an actual survey in 1731. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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New York Public Library |
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Map of New York City with annotations (c1858) published by John Fowler Trow (1810-1886). |
2024 |
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Indian food in New York City. |
2024 |
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New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
Subway |
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79th Street subway entrance in front of the First Baptist Church. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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Intersection with Broadway. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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Entrance on 79th Street. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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A dull day on 79th Street. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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Decorated red hotel. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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View of the Lucerne Hotel. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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Intersection with Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
79th Street |
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Decorated entrance. |
2024 |
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New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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The Museum of Natural History. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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The inside looks like the Flintstone's home. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Zircon (zirconium silicate) in the mineral section. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Haematite, Pyrites and Graphite. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Ruby is aluminium oxide with impurities that give its red colour. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Saphire (aluminium oxide with impurities for each colour). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Emerald (beryllium aluminium silicate). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Diamond is crystaline carbon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Mountain scene carved from Torquiose (China, unknown date). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Container with lid carved from nephrite jade (18th century). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Statue of goddess Guan Yin (Jade from Myanmar) carved in China, Qing Dynasty. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Timeline of Mineral Evolution. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Necklace worn by Jay-Z. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Watch studdied with diamonds (2005) owned by rapper, Jay-Z. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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The Planetarium. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Iron meteorite. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Piece of Mars that fell to Earth after a meteorite strike. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Neanderthal skull. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
New York |
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New York City |
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Museum of Natural History |
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Carved totem. |
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