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    Artistic Creation (1901)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Artistic Creation (1901)

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)
    Books / 
    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)

    George (2014)
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    George (2014)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)
    Books / 
    Crime & Law

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)
    Books / 
    War

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)
    Film

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (1894)

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century
    Books / 
    Communication

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
    Images / 
    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

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    Flag Semaphore GIF

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)