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    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)

    Books and Bookmen (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Books and Bookmen (1886)

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes
    Images / 
    Landscapes

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)
    Film / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)

    Topsell’s History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Topsell’s History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)

    The American Woods
    Images / 
    Natural World

    The American Woods

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

    D.O.A. (1950)
    Film / 
    Crime & Law

    D.O.A. (1950)

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
    Books / 
    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)

    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)
    Books / 
    Love & Lust

    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
    Books / 
    The Future

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
    Images / 
    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine, War, Technology

    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)

    Lewis Hine’s Composite Photographs of Child Labourers (1913)
    Images / 
    People, Politics, Crime & Law

    Lewis Hine’s Composite Photographs of Child Labourers (1913)

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)
    Books / 
    Crime & Law

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Technology

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

    Robin Redbreast (1907)
    Audio / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Robin Redbreast (1907)