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Row 1, image 1
Bust of William Oxley Thompson
Description: Plaster cast of bronze bust of the 5th president of The Ohio State University, 1899-1925. The bronze statue stands in the Pomerene Hall entrance.
Artist: Bruce Wilder Saville
Year: 1922
Credit: The Ohio State University Archives

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Campus Map
Description: Four-color lithograph map of the campus of OSU, with inset map of 1878 (Map 187-08)
Artist: Gladys Palmer, Department of Physical Education for Women.
Year: copyright 1930
Size: 35"w x 33.5"h
Publisher: Erie Litho and PTG. CO., Erie, PA 12255
Call Number: map #193-03
Credit: The Ohio State University Archives

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The Amundsen Matches
Description: Matchboxes from the papers of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. These matchboxes were left by the Amundsen Expedition to the South Pole 1910-1912 and discovered by the Byrd Expedition in 1928.
Date: circa 1910
Credit: The Ohio State University Archives

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John Glenn's Space Craft Manual
Description: Operation manual for Capsule #13, which John Glenn studied before the flight. Contents cover life support, electrical, schematics, charts, and emergency procedures.
Author and Publisher: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, under contract with NASA
Year: 1961 edition
Call Number: RG57/A-58-5
Size: 6.25"w x 7.5"h
Credit: The Ohio State University Archives

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Encounter
Artist: M. C. Escher
Date: 1958
Medium: Lithograph
Credit: Collection of the Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University
3rd party restricted: ©2008 The M.C. Escher Company-Holland. All Rights Reserved. www.mcescher.com
Call Number: 1977.109.000

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Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio: with text, Volume 1
Author: Howard E. Jones
Illustrator: Mrs. N. E. Jones
Imprint (Publisher and Publishing House): Circleville, OH, 1886
Call Number: QL675.J77 1886 V1
Credit: The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Book Depository
Description: 1.3 million books in storage in the depository shelves, arranged by size. The university does not have enough space for all of its books in its libraries, so less frequently requested books are stored here. Three times a day requested books are delivered to campus libraries.
Photographer: David Barker
Credit: The Ohio State University Archives

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The Petrified Forest
Artist: Thomas Moran, American (1837-1926)
Date: 1904
Size: 30" x 60"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Credit: The Ohio State University Orton Memorial Library of Geology

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Crab Harpactoxanthopsis
Provenance: Eocene, Vincenza, Northern Italy
Description: Fossil crab
Circa: Approx. 50 million years old
Call Number: OSU44093
Credit: The Ohio State University Orton Geological Museum

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Dice Cufflinks
Description: worn by Cab Calloway in the role of Sportin' Life in the international traveling revival of Porgy and Bess.
Year: Circa 1952-1956
Credit: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Library of The Ohio State University, Robert Breen Collection

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Marilyn Monroe Reading a Book by Earl Wilson
Description: Silver print, unpublished, taken by Earl Wilson, a gossip columnist for the New York Post.
Photographer: Earl Wilson
Date: December 15, 1953
Credit: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Library of The Ohio State University, Earl Wilson Collection

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Richard Petty's Sunglasses
Description: Sunglasses worn by famous racecar driver, Richard Petty
Manufacturer: Corning
Circa: 1972-1991
Credit: Ohio State School of Optometry Eyeglass Collection, Medical Heritage Center, The Ohio State University

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Carolina Parakeet
Description: Specimen of North America's only parakeet, now extinct
Circa: c. 1904
Credit: The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity

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Specimen Samples from the Museum of Biodiversity
Description: (left to right) Giraffe fetus, scorpion, moray eel, giraffe brain
Credit: The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity

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Gertie the Dinosaur
Artist: Winsor McCay
Date: 1914
Medium: Production drawings, ink on rice paper
Call Number: no. 25(642), no. 78(643), no. 101(644), no. 114(646)
Credit: Bequest of Henriette Adam Brotherton, The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library

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Charles Chaplin in The Kid
Date: 1921
Medium: Movie poster, ink mechanical reproduction
Call Number: AC H8 56
Credit: Richard E. Teichert Collection, The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library

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Castleton China Company
Artist: Eva Zeisel
Date: c. 1942-43
Call Number: 1997.26-28
Credit: Collection of the Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library, Department of Art, The Ohio State University Library

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Demestvennik Manuscript
Date: 19th century
Call Number: OSU.HRL.SMS.17
Credit: The Hilander Research Library

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Incomplete Open Cube 8/20
Artist: Sol Lewitt
Date: 1974
Medium: White painted aluminum
Call Number: 1976.155.000
Credit: Collection Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University; Purchase. Photography by Tim Rice/Dick Loesch

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