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    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    The Chinese Fairy Book (1921)
    Books / 
    Stories

    The Chinese Fairy Book (1921)

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)
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    People

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)
    Audio / 
    Politics, War

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)
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    Fashion

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)

    Jap Herron: A Novel written from the Ouija Board (1917)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Jap Herron: A Novel written from the Ouija Board (1917)

    Tommy Burns knocking out Bill Squires (1907)
    Film / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Tommy Burns knocking out Bill Squires (1907)

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)
    Books / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David
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    People

    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David

    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)
    Books / 
    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)
    Images / 
    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)