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    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations
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    Customs & Culture

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)
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    Music & Arts

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)

    The Comet Book (1587)
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    Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

    The Comet Book (1587)

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)
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    Customs & Culture

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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    Natural World

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)
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    War, Astronomy & Space

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
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    Animals & Beasts, Emotion & Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s)
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    Love & Lust

    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Bed Series: An Intimate Look Behind the Scenes at a Paris Brothel (1890s)

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)
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    Stories

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)
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    Science & Medicine

    Studies on Twilight Phenomena, after Krakatoa (1888)

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

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

    Plague Doctor Costumes
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    Plague Doctor Costumes

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

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

    Sarah Goodridge’s Beauty Revealed (1828)
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    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)
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    Animals & Beasts

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

    The Jester (1908)
    Film

    The Jester (1908)