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Adolph Bolm performance program clipping .01 Linear Feet

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Adolph Bolm performance program clipping featuring a black and white headshot photo and brief biography of Adolph Bolm, which was also signed by the dancer-choreographer. On the reverse is a photo and brief biography of another ballet dancer, Andre Eglevsky. Created circa 1940.
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African American women real photo postcards .1 Linear Feet 1 folder

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
A group of 25 real photo postcard portraits of African American women, in both studio and informal settings.
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"Aida" opera costume paintings .01 Linear Feet 7 paintings

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Seven pen and watercolor paintings on paper of character and chorus member costume designs for the opera "Aida," circa early 1870s.
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Alma Frances Brown autograph album 0.08 cubic feet 1 folder

Brown, Alma Frances
Autograph album belonging to Alma Frances Brown while a student at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg.
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American voyage photograph albums 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Two photograph albums that document a trip through North America by French speakers in 1904.
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"A New Atlas of the British West Indies" bound volume .25 Linear Feet 1 box

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
A bound volume titled "A New Atlas of the British West Indies" containing 11 maps of various 19th century colonized islands in the Caribbean.
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Antisemitic American Nazi propaganda newsletters and photos .1 Linear Feet 1 folder

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Content warning: These materials are strongly antisemitic and white supremacist. Fifteen antisemitic propaganda newsletters and two photographs published by United States based affiliates or supporters of the German Nazi party.
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"A View of the Public Fire-Works to be exhibited on Occasion of the General Peace" architectural and instructional engraving .01 Linear Feet 1 item

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
"A View of the Public Fire-Works to be exhibited on Occasion of the General Peace" architectural and instructional engraving, created circa 1749. The engraving shows a drawing of the pavilion to be built for the celebratory fireworks performance and its written specifications.
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