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Picture of the day archives
2021 October
2021 October 11
2021 October 13
Picture of the day
Art and engraving on United States banknotes
banknotes in Colonial America
wood engraving
steel engraving
United States five-dollar bills
Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
John Vanderlyn
United States Capitol rotunda
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador Island
his voyages to the New World
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
John Vanderlyn
Andrew Shiva
Archive
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