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Images, Paintings and Looking Glasses from
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Metropolitan Museum of Art online Digital Collection
Boston Museum of Fine Arts online Digital Collection
Big Spring Museum
Genesee Country Village and Museum
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US Patent Office (7,080, 15,950, 27,965, 35,344, 39,277, 46,062, 46,767, 50,659, 50,874)
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