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    285 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    1062 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "The Best Guide to Boston"12 records

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Easy chair by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Easy chair

Unrecorded maker

1730–40 · Black walnut, beech, soft maple, maple

Cleared · Public Domain

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Masonic Armchair by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masonic Armchair

Unrecorded maker

1775–90 · Painted mahogany, maple; horsehair, linen, upholstery foundation (original)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It by James Wallace Black, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It

James Wallace Black (d. 1896)

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The New-England Primer, or, ...Guide to the Art of Reading...

J. White (d. 1800)

1789 · Illustrations: woodcut

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Artist's Companion and Manufacturer's Guide, Consisting of the Most Valuable Secrets in Arts and Trades

A Friend to American Manufactures (d. 1850)

1814 · Text only, no illustrations

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The planter's guide; or, a practical essay on the best method of giving immediate effect to wood...

Sir Henry Steuart, LLD., F.R.S.E (d. 1850)

1828 · Illustrations: engraving

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

A Complete Guide to Ornamental Leather Work. With Twenty-Three cuts. Reprinted from the London Edition

James Munroe and Company (d. 1900)

1854 · Illustrations: woodcuts

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Route Book of the Boston & Albany R.R. and Guide to the Centennial Exposition and the City of Philadelphia

E. W. Bullinger (d. 1930)

1876 · Illustrations: wood engraving

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Best Guide to Boston

Ethel Reed (d. 1900)

1895 · Lithograph

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Kahlil Gibran with Book

F. Holland Day (d. 1933)

1896 · Platinum print

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Pair of spoons

Mildred Watkins (d. 1968)

ca. 1908 · Silver and enamel

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

How True: A Skeptic's Guide to Believing the News

Thomas Griffith, London (d. 1880)

1974

In copyright

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