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2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
Related Person: Theodore Roosevelt

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  • John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Back, Seated at an Easel and Holding a Palette
    1875
    1935.85.2.83
  • Kast
    1675-1690
    1941.914
  • Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
    ca. 1825
    X.48
  • Kerchief
    ca. 1848
    1941.103
  • Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ), 1732/40-1836
    1796
    1867.314
  • Leg brace
    ca. 1940
    2002.76
  • Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
    c. 1940-45
    1947.216
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
    ca. 1941
    1987.16
  • Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
    ca. 1825
    1920.5
  • Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
    ca. 1750
    1902.4
  • Negro Life at the South
    1859
    S-225
  • Noah's ark
    1850-1900
    1956.101
  • Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
    c. 1554-1565
    1889.10.1.1
  • Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
    1842-45
    1915.76
  • Parure
    ca. 1820
    1920.11-17
  • Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
    1800-1850
    1954.11
  • Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
    ca. 1825
    1920.4
  • Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
    ca. 1857
    1937.328
  • Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
    ca. 1700-1725
    1952.80
  • Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
    ca. 1630
    1885.5
  • Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
    1840-1850
    1910.24
  • Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
    1798
    1976.56
  • Salver
    1772-1773
    1928.24
  • Section of water pipe
    1800-1840
    X.47
  • Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
    1859
    S-229
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