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Commemorative postage stamps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George Edson Danforth collection, 1944-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 006.05.03
Description of the Collection

Materials collected by John Blew that formerly belonged to George Danforth. The collection includes artifacts related to Danforth's time at the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, as well as World War II identification tags.

Dates: 1944-2005

Mies van der Rohe stamp covers, 1982

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.07
Description of the Collection Three cancelled stamp covers commemorating First Day of Issue stamps in a series on architecture. Image on stamp on these covers is of S. R. Crown Hall in recognition of the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Cancellation dated Sept. 30, 1982. Cover also includes an image of Mies and reproduction of his signature. Artifact. Also included is two copies each of three additional items: a one-page biography of Mies; a one-page flier with photo...
Dates: 1982

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