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    Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)
    Books

    Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)

    Two songs from Verdi’s La Traviata (1910)
    Audio

    Two songs from Verdi’s La Traviata (1910)

    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)
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    Music & Arts

    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land

    Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912)
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    People, Sport & Exercise

    Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912)

    Animated GIFs: Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908)
    Animated GIF

    Animated GIFs: Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908)

    Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908)
    Film

    Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie (1908)

    Come Take a Trip in my Airship (1904)
    Audio

    Come Take a Trip in my Airship (1904)

    Animated GIFs: Fleischer’s Bubbles (1922)
    Animated GIF

    Animated GIFs: Fleischer’s Bubbles (1922)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

    Frederick Whitney’s *Blackboard Sketching* (1909)
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    Music & Arts

    Frederick Whitney’s Blackboard Sketching (1909)

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...
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    Fashion

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)
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    People

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)

    Edison’s backwards bicycle rider (1899)
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    Edison’s backwards bicycle rider (1899)

    That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die (1580)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

    That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die (1580)

    Frank Desprez’s “Lasca” read by Harry E. Humphrey (1920)
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    Love & Lust

    Frank Desprez’s “Lasca” read by Harry E. Humphrey (1920)

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)
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    Wisdom

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program

    Women having tea in Napier, New Zealand (ca.1890)
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    Women having tea in Napier, New Zealand (ca.1890)

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)
    Books

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)

    The Somersault Man (1923)
    Film

    The Somersault Man (1923)