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The horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste, August 1846, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 56-57

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A double-page spread from the August 1846 issue of Downing's Horticulturist, titled 'A New Vinery at Blithewood,' and featuring Robert Donaldson's Blithewood.

The Garden at Blithewood, Barrytown, NY

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The formal gardens with central fountain at Blithewood, now part of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. The Hudson River can be seen in the background.

The Fugitive Slave Bill, Its History and Unconstitutionality: With an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet, and His Subsequent Restoration to Liberty

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The first page of the minutes of the first-ever meeting between Roosevelt and Stalin, Tehran, November 29, 1943

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The Expectant Thistles

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A print on paper by artist George Biddle. Depicts donkeys in various states of repose and decay in a loosely American southwest setting.

The Course of Empire: Desolation

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An oil painting of ruins, part of the "Course of Empire" series

The Chief of Staff of the German Army, signing the document of unconditional surrender for all German forces, bring the war in Europe to a close, May 7, 1945.

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The Century Plant

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The Cataract

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The Black Man; or, Haytian Independence

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