﻿{"id":1950,"date":"2015-05-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/?guid=597d58a5a9d5698a587903a8b52d84b8"},"modified":"2015-05-06T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:00:05","slug":"brenda-smith-working-up-designs-for-smithsonians-tennessee-river-pearl-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2015\/05\/06\/brenda-smith-working-up-designs-for-smithsonians-tennessee-river-pearl-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Smith Working Up Designs For Smithsonian&#8217;s Tennessee River Pearl Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; 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