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    The Private Life of a Cat (ca. 1945)
    Film

    The Private Life of a Cat (ca. 1945)

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
    Images / 
    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Fourth Dimension and the Bible (1922)

    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Music & Arts

    Hans Prinzhorn’s Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1922)

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Communication

    Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare Songs from Victor Records

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)
    Books / 
    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture, Geometry & Diagrams

    Mazes and Labyrinths (1922)

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
    Images / 
    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883
    Books / 
    The Future

    The Library of the Future: A Vision of 1983 from 1883

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)
    Images / 
    Communication, Geometry & Diagrams

    Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Paterson’s Roads (1826 edition)

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
    Images / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)
    Images

    Characters and Caricaturas by William Hogarth (1743)

    Class of 2019
    Class of...

    Class of 2019

    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)
    Books / 
    Drugs

    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)
    Images / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)