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	Catalog #	Name	Description
51	ED2021-83	Book	"A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language...," published in 1846 by Cowperthwait & CO. This book was written by Samuel S. Greene, a professor in the Normal Department at Brown University with the goal to improve the teaching of the English language. It contains a lot of explanation on English grammar and how to use the grammar rules in writing. There is no image on the cover, just the title, other publishing information, and a black spine.
52	ED2021-84	Dictionary	A German-English dictionary titled "Langenscheidt's Pocket-Dictionary of the English and German Languages." This edition is from 1944 and has a plain, blue cover with no markings.
53	ED2021-85	Cookbook	A cookbook written in Arabic, which is read from right to left. The titled is translated to "The Art of Cooking" in English and is written by multiple authors. It was published in Beirut, Lebanon, sometime between 1980 and 1990, by Dar Al-Hayat Library.
54	ED2021-86	Zucchini Corer	A zucchini coring tool (also called a hollower or a "manakra" in Arabic) used to prepare some Middle Eastern dishes that include a hollowed-out zucchini. According to the information card kept with the tool, "The tool is common throughout Jordan and Lebanon and was brought with an immigrant from Amman, Jordan in the 1980s."
55	ED2021-87	Apron	A vintage flour sack apron/bib for a child. It is made from a thin, fabric material that is has a light blue color, a white floral design, and white thread. There are only 2 strands (one on each side of the waistline) to tie together around the back of the child and one pocket on the right side.