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An online version of an exhibition in AAA's New York Research Center
October 19, 2000 - January 5, 2001

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	John Goffe Rand (1801-1873), United States Patent No. 2,252, September 11, 1841, "Improvement in the Construction of Vessels or Apparatus for Preserving Paint, &c." John Goffe Rand Papers. Gift Mary and Katherine Anglemyer, 1981 and 1985.
	Letter from painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) to collector Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918), September 13, 1912. Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1912. Anonymous gift, 1954.
	Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), paper dolls. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers. Gift of Flora Miller Irving, 1981.
	Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), autobiography "My History," written at age 18. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers. Gift of Flora Miller Irving, 1981.

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