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Geological map of the Cascade Coal Basin

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
Topo survey: 1889-90
Call Number
C7-1.1(b)
Published Date
Topo survey: 1889-90
Scale
1 mile - 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Cascade Coal Basin
Alberta
Notes
Sheet #2. Cascade River No. 931
To illustrate Report by D.B. Dowling
Accession Number
3120 (Copy 2)
Call Number
C7-1.1(b)
Collection
Archives Library
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Geological and Nat. Historical Survey

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1886
Publisher
Burland Lithographic Co., Montreal
Call Number
C7-1.4
Publisher
Burland Lithographic Co., Montreal
Published Date
1886
Scale
2 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Rocky Mountains
Notes
Cross section in the vicinity of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-1.4
Collection
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A surface geology map of New Brunswick

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1888-9
Call Number
C7-6.1(c)
Published Date
1888-9
Scale
4 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
New Brunswick - Geological
Notes
Part N, No. 1 1/4 sheet 1, N.E.
Accompanies 03.1/G29ar Annual Report, 1888-9
To illustrate Reports by Messrs Bailey, Mathew and Ells, 1871-79
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
C7-6.1(c)
Collection
Archives Library
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Part N. Surface Geology, Southern New Brunswick, No. 1, 1/4 Sheet 1, S.W.

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1888-89
Call Number
C7-6.1(d)
Published Date
1888-89
Scale
4 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
New Brunswick - Geological
Notes
Accompanies 03.1/G29 ar/Annual Report, 1888-89
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
C7-6.1(d)
Collection
Archives Library
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Map
Published Date
1930
Publisher
Dept. of Mines
Call Number
C7-6.4
Publisher
Dept. of Mines
Published Date
1930
Scale
Scale: 1 inch to 1/4 mile
Relief: Contour interval 50'
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Gaspe County - Part of Lemieux Township
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-6.4
Collection
Archives Library
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Map
Published Date
1885
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Call Number
C7-6.19
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Published Date
1885
Scale
1:506,880
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Cypress Hills, Wood Mountain and Adjacent Country
Notes
(a) Geological and Topographical
(b) Surface Character
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-6.19
Collection
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Responsibility
Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Selkirk Range
Selkirk Range - B.C.
Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Travel
Tourism
Geography
Illecillewaet Glacier
Abstract
Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
Accession Number
7890
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Collection
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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Hot springs
Hotels
Sanitarium Hotel
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
The Graphic
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
Publisher
The Graphic
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Lake Louise
Lake Louise District
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Range
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
Notes
In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
Accession Number
7830
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Lodge Totem : the offical organ of the Jasper Park Lodge C.N.R. Staff

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Rand, Frank (editor)
Publisher
"Published weekly during the season"
Call Number
08.5 R15t PAM
Author
Rand, Frank (editor)
Responsibility
Frank Rand (editor)
Bob Wallace (managing editor)
Jack Oswald (business manager)
Marion Bray (social editor)
Murray Campbell (news editor)
Mel. Doig (sports editor)
Publisher
"Published weekly during the season"
Published Date
1932
Physical Description
12 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Labour
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Jasper
Jasper Park Lodge
Abstract
Pertains to staff events, gossip, poetry, stories, anecdotes at the Jasper Park Lodge in newsletter form.
Contents
Prologue
We Make Our Bow
A Caddy's Dream
Our Champion
They Will Write!!
Here and There
At the Pool
Notes from the Mangle
Talking Shop
The Snack Room
The Sports Column
The Bench
Jasper Winters
Subscriptions
Editors
Departmental Representatives
Notes
Volume 1 Number 1 - Week Ending June 28, 1932
Accession Number
2019.85
Call Number
08.5 R15t PAM
Collection
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Industrial Arts Shop - lighting fixtures

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1930
Author
Industrial Arts
Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts : Industrial Arts Shop
Call Number
00.5 In1i PAM
Author
Industrial Arts
Publisher
Boston, Massachusetts : Industrial Arts Shop
Published Date
1930
Physical Description
46 cards ; in portfolio
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture
Catalogues
Housing
Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to lighting fixtures available through Industrial Arts Shop in Boston in 1930 via mail order - 46 cards in a portfolio with three typed sheets with pricing information
Contents
Sconces
Ceiling fixtures
Lanterns
Call Number
00.5 In1i PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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John L. Stoddard; traveller, lecturer, litterateur

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Crane Taylor, D.
Publisher
New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
Call Number
02 C85j
Author
Crane Taylor, D.
Publisher
New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
Published Date
1935
Physical Description
325 pages illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Essays
Biography
Abstract
Biography of author John Lawson Stoddard
Contents
Preface
Foundations
The Troubled Waters
A Traveller Sets Out
Before the Public
The Published Lectures
Retirement
Preferences and Prejudices
Into Thy Vineyard
Late Harvest
Index
Accession Number
2020.20
Call Number
02 C85j
Collection
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Thrushes, Thrashers, and Swallows*

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1936
Author
Pearson, Gilbert T.
Publisher
National Geographic
Call Number
04.2 P31t
Variant Title
*Robins and Bluebirds are familiar members of a famous musical family which includes the Hermit Thrush and European Nightingales
Author
Pearson, Gilbert T.
Responsibility
Gilbert T. Pearson
Publisher
National Geographic
Published Date
1936
Physical Description
13 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Birds
Birds--Alberta
Zoology
Zoology--Alberta
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Abstract
Pertains to the family Mimidae
Contents
Game Wardens find out who killed the cock robin Colonists found a “Blue Robin” Three wives in a single season Cousins of the Nightingale Woodlands ring with flutelike music The Mockingbird is a world-famous vocalist Swallows of a feather flock together What’s in a name? Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata) Veery (Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum redivivum) Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma dorsale dorsale) Leconte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei lecontei) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Northern Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons) Barn Swallow (Hirundo erhthrogaster) Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina lepida) Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor) Bank Swallow (Riparia Riparia Riparia) American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta spinoletta) Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spraguei) Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris)
Notes
Reprinted from National Geographic, Volume LXIX, No. 4, April 1936
Paintings by Maj. Allan Brooks
Accession Number
825
Call Number
04.2 P31t
Collection
Archives Library
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The Hannes Schneider Ski Technique

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1938
Author
Rybizka, Benno
Publisher
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company
Call Number
01.5 R95t
Author
Rybizka, Benno
Responsibility
Benno Rybizka
Publisher
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company
Published Date
1938
Physical Description
xvi, 109 pages : illustrations, plates, 2 portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Skiing
Guidebook
Sports
Austria
Abstract
Pertains to the ski technique developed by Hannes Schneider as explained by his former assistant Benno Rybizka - includes photographs
Contents
Foreward by Hannes Schneider Introduction Equipment Learn to Walk and Climb Downhill Running The First Two Fundamental Exercises The Third Fundamental Exercise Speed Turns Jump Turns and Terrain Jumps Skiing and the Hannes Schneider Technique
Notes
Inscribed “ Elizabeth Rummel - Howard Carlson, Assiniboine, March 1940”
Benno Rybizka - former assistant to Hannes Schneider at St. Anton am Arlberg in the Austrian Tyrol
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
01.5 R95t
Collection
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The history of the North-West rebellion of 1885 ... including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
Author
Mulvaney, Charles Pelham
Publisher
Toronto : A.H. Hovey
Call Number
08.2 M91 1885
Author
Mulvaney, Charles Pelham
Publisher
Toronto : A.H. Hovey
Published Date
1885
Physical Description
424p. : ill., maps, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Riel rebellions
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Contents
Includes list of 56 illustrations
Full title: [Warning - contains outdated and inappropriate language] The history of the North-west Rebellion of 1884 comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war, of the various engagements with the Indians and Half breeds, of the heroic deeds performed by officers and men, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp and the cabin; including a history of the indian tribes of North-Western Canada, their numbers, modes of living, habits, customs, religious rites and ceremonies, with thrilling narratives of captures, imprisonment, massacres, and hair-breadth escapes of white settlers, etc.
Accession Number
492
Call Number
08.2 M91 1885
Collection
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The rise of American civilization : Volume One

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1930
Author
Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
Publisher
New York : The MacMillan Company
Call Number
08 B38t
Author
Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
Responsibility
Decorations by Wilfred Jones
Publisher
New York : The MacMillan Company
Published Date
1930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
American
American Civil War
History
Colonialism
War
Politics
Contents
I. England's Colonial Secret ; II. Laying the Structural Base of the Thirteen Colonies ; III. The Growth of Economic and Poltical Power ; IV. Provincial America ; V. The Clash of Metropolis and Colony ; VI. Independence and Civil Conflict ; VII. Populism and Reaction ; VIII. The Rise of National Parties ; IX. Agricultural Imperialism and the Balance of Power ; X. The The Young Republic ; XI. New Agricultural States ; XII. Jacksonian Democracy -- A Triumphant Farmer-Labor Party ; XIII. Westward to the Pacific ; XIV. The Sweep of Economic Forces ; XV. The Politics of the Economic Drift ; XVI. Democracy: Romantic and Realistic
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
08 B38t
Collection
Archives Library
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The romance of mountaineering

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Irving, R. L. G.
Publisher
London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
01 Ir8t
Author
Irving, R. L. G.
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
Published Date
1935
Physical Description
320 pages ; 40 ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Masculinity
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Contents
PART ONE: BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS -- Introductory and personal -- Lux in tenebris -- The winning of Mont Blanc -- The growth of understanding -- The great peaks are won -- PART TWO: SIGNS OF MATURITY -- The extension of the playground -- The old leading-strings are dropped -- Mechanization and the cult of danger -- The highest mountains in the world -- Nationality in mountaineering -- PART THREE: PERPETUAL YOUTH -- Methods of approach -- Mountaineering out of season -- Solidary mountaineering -- Solvitur in excelsis.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01 Ir8t
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In the shadow of Mount McKinley

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Beach, William N.
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Author
Beach, William N.
Responsibility
Foreword by John Burnhalm ; Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard ; Illustrations by Carl Rungius
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
New York ; The Derrydale Press
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
289 pages ; 63 ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Expeditions
Exploration
Alaska
McKinley, Mount
Animals
Conservation
Contents
Foreword / John Burnham -- I. Introduction / Robert Sterling Yard -- II. In the shadow of Mt. McKinley -- III. Along the north side of the Alaskan range to Mt. Dall: expedition of 1925 -- IV. Jenny of Mt. McKinley -- V. Rainy Pass, saddle of the range: expedition of 1926 -- VI. Exploration of 1930 -- VII. Early exploration and later developments in the Mt. McKinley country -- VIII. Mt. McKinley National Park -- IX. American big game animals: mountain sheep, caribou, moose, deer and elk, bear, goat -- X. On conservation of big game.
Notes
Special Edition: 750 copies printed.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
02.3 B36i
Collection
Archives Library
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Edition
2nd edition
Call Number
03 T89t
Author
Tutton, A. E. H.
Edition
2nd edition
Publisher
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
Published Date
1931
Physical Description
317 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Ice
Snow
Science
Expeditions
Alps
Contents
PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03 T89t
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