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Join the Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Transcription Center throughout the next year as we celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th birthday! Explore the lives and worlds of 175 different US art world figures on their birthdays, one for each year since the Smithsonian's founding in 1846. Who was born on this day? In 1927, Jack Lenor Larsen.
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Join the Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian Transcription Center throughout the next year as we celebrate the Smithsonian's 175th birthday! Explore the lives and worlds of 175 different US art world figures on their birthdays, one for each year since the Smithsonian's founding in 1846. Who was born on this day? In 1927, Jack Lenor Larsen.
kikibird2007 transcribed a page from Project PHaEDRA - Evelyn F. Leland - Long Exposure H.S. Regions and Series #58
Dlbohler transcribed a page from Celebrating 175: Hiram Powers, "Studio Memorandum, Etc.,", 1841-1845
jzhu transcribed a page from Georgia Assistant Commissioner, Registers of Letters Received, Volume 2 (2), Nov. 1866–June 1867
FaithAnnHe transcribed a page from Tennessee Education, School Reports, Monthly Reports from Teachers, May 1867–June 1870, Part 2
