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    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)
    Books / 
    Death, Science & Medicine

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Architecture

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)

    Plague Doctor Costumes
    Images / 
    Death, Science & Medicine

    Plague Doctor Costumes

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)

    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)

    Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture

    Japanese Firemen’s Coats (19th century)

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love
    Books / 
    Love & Lust, Communication

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)
    Books / 
    Death

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)

    Sarah Goodridge’s Beauty Revealed (1828)
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    Sarah Goodridge’s Beauty Revealed (1828)

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)

    The Jester (1908)
    Film

    The Jester (1908)

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)

    François de Nomé’s Imaginary Ruins
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    Architecture, Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    François de Nomé’s Imaginary Ruins

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)

    W. W. Denslow’s Illustrations for the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
    Images / 
    Travel & Exploration

    W. W. Denslow’s Illustrations for the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)
    Images / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Urania’s Mirror; or, a View of the Heavens (circa 1825)

    Eskimo Folktales (1913)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Eskimo Folktales (1913)

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
    Images / 
    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Communication

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)

    Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of Norse Mythology
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of Norse Mythology

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)
    Images / 
    People

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)