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Reminiscences of my life in camp / Susie King Taylor

Author:
Taylor, Susie King 1848-1912  Search this
New York Times Company  Search this
Subject:
Taylor, Susie King 1848-1912  Search this
United States Army Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1866)  Search this
United States Army South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)  Search this
United States Army African American troops  Search this
Physical description:
82 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Personal narratives
History
Place:
United States
Date:
1968
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
History  Search this
Regimental histories  Search this
Participation, African American  Search this
Call number:
E492.94 33d .T246 1968
E492.94 33d.T246 1968
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_22389

Henry Mosler papers

Creator:
Mosler, Henry, 1841-1920  Search this
Names:
Beard, James Henry, 1812-1893  Search this
Dupré, Julien, 1851-1910  Search this
Ferrier, Gabriel, 1847-1914  Search this
Flameng, François, 1856-1923  Search this
Howe, William Henry, 1846-1929  Search this
Hébert, Ernest, 1817-1908  Search this
Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this
Pelouse, L. G., 1838-1891  Search this
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this
Extent:
4.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Diaries
Sketchbooks
Illustrated notebooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Journalists
Date:
1856-1929
Summary:
The papers of painter Henry Mosler (1841-1920), who began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, lived in Germany and Paris for at least 2 decades, and finally settled in New York, measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1856-1929. The collection documents Mosler's life and career through biographical material, personal and professional letters from members of the military, museums, family, friends and colleagues, writings including an 1862 Civil War diary, personal business records, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of Mosler, his family, colleagues and artwork.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of painter Henry Mosler (1841-1920), who began his career in Cincinnati, Ohio, lived in Germany and Paris for at least 2 decades, and finally settled in New York, measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1856-1929. The collection documents Mosler's life and career through biographical material, personal and professional letters from members of the military, museums, family, friends and colleagues, writings including an 1862 Civil War diary, personal business records, printed material, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of Mosler, his family, colleagues and artwork.

Biographical material includes passports for Mosler's travel during the Civil War and to the American West in 1875-1876, as well as identification cards and awards from Mosler's years in Germany and Paris, including the Ordre National Légion d'Honneur awarded to him in 1892.

Letters record Mosler's service as an aide-de-camp for the Army of Ohio and his activities as an artist correspondent for Harper's Weekly from 1861-1863 in the Western Theater of the Civil War. However, the bulk of the letters document Mosler's career from the 1880s onward. Found are letters from museums, art associations, government agencies including the Minsistere de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts, and colleagues in Europe and the United States including artists James Henry Beard, Julien Dupré, Gabrier Ferrier, Ernest Hébert, William Henry Howe, William Ordway Partridge, and Leon Germain Pelouse, among others. There are also scattered letters from Mosler.

Writings and notes include an 1862 Civil War diary and two illustrated notebooks from 1862 and 1863 containing sketches, and travel and financial notes. Also found are two biographical accounts of Mosler's career and poems by various authors, many inspired by Mosler's paintings.

Personal business records include an account book documenting Mosler's income and expenses from 1869-1878 and 1886-1892, and Library of Congress copyright certificates for four of Mosler's pictures.

Printed material documents Mosler's career in the United States and Europe through news clippings, a brochure, and an exhibition catalog for an 1897 exhibition of his paintings at Galleries of Pape Bros.

Artwork and sketchbooks include six sketches and an engraving by Mosler, and two books containing sketches by Mosler and other artists including James Henry Beard. The series also contains one ink drawing each by Leon Germain Pelouse and E. Hillery.

Photographic material includes albums and individual photographs of Mosler in his studio and with others including his immediate and extended family, and students. Also found are photos of artists including Gabriel Ferrier, Ernest Hébert and Thomas Buchanan Read, Brigadier General R. W. Johnson and opera singers Emma Nevada Palmer and Renée Richards. Photographs of artwork are primarily found in 2 oversized albums dedicated by Mosler to his children, Edith Mosler and Gustave Henry Mosler respectively.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1863-1892, 1921 (Box 1, OV 10; 4 folders)

Series 2: Letters,1861-circa 1920 (Boxes 1-2; 1.3 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1860-circa 1900 (Boxes 2-3, 6; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1869-1905 (Box 3; 4 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1860s-1929 (Box 3; 10 folders)

Series 6: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1856-1917 (Box 4, OVs 10-11; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1860-circa 1910 (Boxes 5-9, BV 12; 2.0 linear feet)
Biographical Note:
Henry Mosler (1841-1920) worked primarily in Ohio, New York City, and Europe as a painter of portraits and scenes of rural life in Europe. Mosler served as an artist correspondent for Harper's Weekly during the Civil War.

Born in Silesia (Poland) in 1841, Henry Mosler immigrated to New York City with his family in 1849. In the early 1850s the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Mosler received art instruction from James Henry Beard, becoming an accomplished portrait painter and an active participant in the Cincinnati art scene.

Following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Mosler became an artist correspondent for Harper's Weekly, documenting the Western Theater in Kentucky and Tennessee. He served as a volunteer aide-de-camp with the army of Ohio from 1861-1863 and was present at the engagement at Green River, and "present and under fire" at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville.

Immediately thereafter, Mosler relocated to Dusseldorf for two years and attended the Royal Academy, followed by six months in Paris where he studied with painter Ernest Hébert. In 1866 Mosler returned to Cincinnatti where his portraits and genre scenes enjoyed growing popularity.

In 1875 Mosler traveled to Munich and two years later settled in Paris from where he enjoyed critical and financial success both in Europe and in the United States. Mosler was known for his genre paintings of peasant life in rural Brittany and he became a regular participant in Salon exhibitions and won honorable mention in the Salon of 1879, when his painting Le Retour, became the first work by an American artist to be purchased by the French government. In 1888 he won the gold medal at the Paris Salon and in 1892 he was made chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and officier de l'Académie.

Mosler returned to the United States temporarily during this period, including a trip in 1885-1886 to visit the West and collect material for paintings of Native American life.

In 1894 Mosler returned to the United States and settled in New York, where he became a popular teacher and an active participant in the New York art scene. In 1895 he was made an associate member of the National Academy of Design, and in his last decades took up landscape painting during summers in the Catskill mountains, and produced genre paintings depicting scenes from colonial and rural life. Mosler continued to enjoy widespread popularity until his death in 1920.
Provenance:
The bulk of the collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by J. F. McCrindle, a great-grandson of Mosler, in 1976 and 1977, having been previously lent to AAA for microfilming. A photograph album was donated in 1993 by Paul M. Hertzmann, a dealer who acquired it through purchase. Additional materials were donated in 2008 and 2009 by McCrindle via John T. Rowe, president and CEO of the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Topic:
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Diaries
Sketchbooks
Illustrated notebooks
Drawings
Sketches
Citation:
Henry Mosler papers, 1856-1929. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.moslhenr
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Henry Mosler papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw908db6548-40c0-4817-8902-a69bacd65e62
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-moslhenr
Online Media:

Astronomical tables for the American Civil War, 1861-1865 a resource for history researchers Tom Callen

Author:
Callen Tom  Search this
Physical description:
xxxviii, 208 pages illustrations (chiefly tables) 28 cm
Type:
Tables
Observers' manuals
Place:
United States
Date:
2020
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Astronomy  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157380

The Literary Corner: Introduction to Afro-American Essays with Sarah Fabio and Thomas Schick (side a) / Introduction to African English Drama with Brooks Robinson (side b)

Title:
Cassette tape with two episodes of the Literary Corner radio program
Created by:
Brooks B. Robinson Ph.D., American  Search this
Interview of:
Thomas Schick PhD, American, 1947 - 1987  Search this
Interviewed by:
Sarah Fabio, PhD, American, 1928 - 1979  Search this
Subject of:
John Pepper Clark, Nigerian, born 1935  Search this
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian, born 1934  Search this
Martin Robison Delany, American, 1812 - 1885  Search this
Directed by:
Robert Cham  Search this
Medium:
plastic and tape
Dimensions:
H x W (audiocassette): 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
Duration (side A): 00:15:08
Duration (side B): 00:14:49
Type:
audiotapes
Place depicted:
West Africa, Africa
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Place made:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1978
Topic:
African American  Search this
Drama (Theatre)  Search this
Folklife  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Radio  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
Object number:
2010.17.1.9a
Restrictions & Rights:
© Brooks B. Robinson
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
The Literary Corner: Black Writers of the World
Classification:
Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Movement:
Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b49e8d84-240b-4174-9b79-f6ae9e1c5ca7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.17.1.9a
Online Media:

New York Monument, (sculpture)

Title:
New York State Memorial, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Perry, Roland Hinton 1870-1941  Search this
Gudebrod, Louis A. b. 1872  Search this
Founder:
Roman Bronze Works  Search this
Contractor:
North Carolina Granite Corporation  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: North Carolina granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Andersonville National Historic Site 496 Cemetery Road Andersonville Georgia 31711
Date:
Commissioned 1905. Installed 1911. Dedicated April 29, 1914
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Religion--Angel  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Emblem--Seal  Search this
Object--Other--Wreath  Search this
Object--Foliage--Laurel  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76007431
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_18227

Confederate Prison Scene, Civil War, (painting)

Painter:
Scott, Julian 1846-1901  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
United States Department of the Army West Point Museum West Point New York 10996 Accession Number: 15,158
Date:
1873
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Military  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Architecture--Civic--Prison  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81370021
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_193444

Pennsylvania State Monument, (sculpture)

Title:
Pennsylvania Monument, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Asbjornsen, Sigvald 1867-1954  Search this
Painter:
Taylor, James E. (copy after)  Search this
Founder:
American Bronze Company  Search this
Bureau Brothers  Search this
Contractor:
Miller and Clark  Search this
Medium:
Monument: Barre granite, Georgia marble, Italian marble, and bronze; Base: granite; Foundation: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Andersonville National Historic Site 496 Cemetery Road Andersonville Georgia 31711
Date:
Commissioned 1902. Dedicated Dec. 7, 1905
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Emblem--Seal  Search this
Control number:
IAS 74070009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_31410

Jefferson Davis Memorial, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Tompkins, Laurence 1897-1972  Search this
Subject:
Davis, Jefferson  Search this
Medium:
Bust: bronze; Stele: granite; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Located Irwinville Georgia 31774
Administered by Irwin County P. O. Box 287 Ocilla Georgia 31774
Date:
1935. Dedicated June 3, 1936
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Political--Statesman  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Landscape--Forest  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Control number:
IAS GA000589
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_338762

Pennsylvania Monument, (sculpture)

Artist:
Clark, Carroll J. sculptor  Search this
Fabricator:
Clark's Monumental Works  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Structure: Georgia marble, Mt. Airy granite, and Italian marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20420
Located Salisbury National Cemetery 202 Government Road Salisbury North Carolina 28144
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 16, 1910
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAS 68000048
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_376147

Prisoners from the Front, (painting)

Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Subject:
Barlow, Francis Channing  Search this
Baker, John A  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 22.207
Date:
1866
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Evil--War  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Architecture exterior--Military--Battlefield  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36120454
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_42230

Rebel Prisoners, (painting)

Artist:
Nehlig, V.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
AECI 06240270
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_111096

Confederate Prisoners at the Front, (painting)

Artist:
Homer, Winslow  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Control number:
AECI 01130304
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_20532

American Slave Mart, (painting)

Artist:
Noble, Thomas S.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1865
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Occupation--Vendor  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03520427
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_72536

Prisoners From the Front, (painting)

Artist:
Homer, Winslow  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Occupation--Military  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Control number:
AECI 04810118
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_93092

Lincoln with Liberty Unshackled, (sculpture)

Title:
Emancipation Group, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Harvard University Harvard University Portrait Collection Houghton Library Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: B63
Date:
1865
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Allegory--Civic--Liberty  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000341
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_10472

(Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Pediment reliefs), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Amateis, Edmond 1897-1981  Search this
Subject:
Lafayette, Marquis de  Search this
Perry  Search this
Bidwell, Daniel D  Search this
Red Jacket  Search this
Ellicott, Joseph  Search this
McKinley, William  Search this
Medium:
Stone
Culture:
French  Search this
African American  Search this
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Pediment
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society 25 Nottingham Court Buffalo New York 14216
Topic:
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Military--General  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--New York  Search this
Landscape--New York--Buffalo  Search this
Disaster--Fire  Search this
History--United States--Battle of Lake Erie  Search this
Waterscape--Lake--Lake Erie  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Landscape--Virginia--Spottsylvania  Search this
Ethnic--Seneca  Search this
Dress--Ethnic--Indian Dress  Search this
Ceremony--Civic--Trial  Search this
Occupation--Other--Explorer  Search this
Dress--Historic--Eighteenth Century Dress  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Centaur  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76004835
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_15783

Emancipation Group, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Founder:
Royal Foundry  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Washington, George  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Park Square Boston Massachusetts
Date:
Modeled 1874. Cast 1877 or 1879
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76008840
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_19571

Emancipation Group, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76008881
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_19612

Union Patrol Questioning a Runaway Slave Near Worktown, Va, (painting)

Painter:
Joinville, Prince de  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Mid-19th c
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81880734
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_219596

The Wounded Scout: A Friend in the Swamp, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Rogers, John H. 1829-1904  Search this
Medium:
Painted plaster
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street New Haven Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1932.157
Date:
Patented June 28, 1864
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Illness--Wound  Search this
Control number:
IAS 07260192
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_28016

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