John R. Cruttenden was an American

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in Camarillo, California, houses egg sets and nests collected by Cruttenden throughout the Midwestern United States, Alaska, and Canada dated from 1890 to 1953. Cruttenden's collection found at the WFVZ includes all or a major portion of the collections of Edward Arnold (Michigan and Canada), Robert Charles, Thomas Browers (Alaska),

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(general North America), F.A. Dean (Ohio), and George C. Witheys' collection (North Dakota). Cruttenden died on September 7, 1956, in Quincy, Illinois.

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John R. Cruttenden egg card
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