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    The First Circus (1921)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Drugs

    The First Circus (1921)

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)
    Books / 
    Love & Lust

    Erotic Cameos from Antiquity (ca. 1771)

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions
    Images / 
    Travel & Exploration, Astronomy & Space

    Hi-Res Images from the Apollo Missions

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)
    Images / 
    Wisdom

    Illustrations from an Italian Book of Proverbs (1718)

    Seeing London (1918)
    Film / 
    Architecture

    Seeing London (1918)

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838
    Books / 
    Politics, Customs & Culture

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)

    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)
    Images / 
    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)
    Images / 
    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)
    Images / 
    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)