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Tillie Berger worked at the
Smithsonian Institution herbarium for 42 years, from 1935 to 1977. After joining, she soon became supervisor of the herbarium preparatory staff which added at least 35,000 newly mounted plants to the collection each year. She developed techniques for mounting plants of
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Linworth Place SW in Washington, D.C.. Her father owned a restaurant near 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Tillie and three of her sisters worked at the herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution.
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varying sizes and shapes to heavy rag paper and taught those techniques to thousands of visiting botanists and herbarium workers. This work required significant creativity and artistry.
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