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    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

    Footage of the Twin Towers Being Built (1976)
    Film / 
    Architecture

    Footage of the Twin Towers Being Built (1976)

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
    Images / 
    People

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion
    Images / 
    Fashion

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes

    At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)
    Audio / 
    People

    At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)

    Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)
    Books / 
    People

    Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)
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    Science & Medicine

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)

    Stop Driving Us Crazy! (1959)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Stop Driving Us Crazy! (1959)

    Views of the Tesseract (1904)
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    Science & Medicine

    Views of the Tesseract (1904)

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)

    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)
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    Science & Medicine

    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

    Bird Gods (1898)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Bird Gods (1898)

    Barbara Allen performed by Frank Luther (1928)
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    Death, Love & Lust

    Barbara Allen performed by Frank Luther (1928)

    The Games and Pleasures of Childhood (1657)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Games and Pleasures of Childhood (1657)

    Thackerayana (1875)
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    Humour & Satire

    Thackerayana (1875)

    Transference of Thoughts (1885)
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    Strange Phenomena

    Transference of Thoughts (1885)

    The Athenian Oracle (1820)
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    The Athenian Oracle (1820)

    Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)