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    Temperance Stories and Sketches (1879)
    Books / 
    Drugs

    Temperance Stories and Sketches (1879)

    Greek Masquerade (1771)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Fashion

    Greek Masquerade (1771)

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)
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    Music & Arts

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)

    George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Film / 
    Death, Ghosts & Occult

    George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Sorceress by Jan van de Velde II (1626)

    Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
    Books / 
    Politics

    Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, People

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
    Images / 
    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Nonsenseorship (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    Nonsenseorship (1922)

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)
    Images / 
    War

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)
    Images / 
    Emotion & Expression

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)
    Images / 
    Maps, Natural World

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)
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    Death, Politics

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)
    Books / 
    Politics

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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    Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)