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    An Apparent Tour of the Titanic (1912)
    Film / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    An Apparent Tour of the Titanic (1912)

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    Musaeum Clausum (1684)

    The Beatus of Facundus (1047)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Beatus of Facundus (1047)

    Stack O’ Lee Blues - Ma Rainey (1926)
    Audio

    Stack O’ Lee Blues - Ma Rainey (1926)

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

    Poet and Peasant Overture played on the Banjo (1925)
    Audio

    Poet and Peasant Overture played on the Banjo (1925)

    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Life and Passion of Christ (1903)

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    A Theory of Pure Design: Harmony, Balance, Rhythm (1907)

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
    Film / 
    Sport & Exercise

    Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)

    Plates from Spiegel’s *De formato foetu liber singularis* (1626)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Plates from Spiegel’s De formato foetu liber singularis (1626)

    An Alphabet of History (1905)
    Books / 
    People, Communication

    An Alphabet of History (1905)

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Alice in Wonderland (1915)

    35mm Stock Footage
    Film / 
    War, Technology

    35mm Stock Footage

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries
    Images

    Illuminated pages from 15th century Breviaries

    Robert Browning attempting to recite ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1889)
    Audio

    Robert Browning attempting to recite ‘How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1889)

    Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    Natural History of Shakespeare; Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits, and Animals (1877)

    Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly (1919)

    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
    Film / 
    War

    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)

    Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar
    Images / 
    People

    Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar

    Lucy Isabelle Marsh
    Audio

    Lucy Isabelle Marsh

    Hand Book of the Carnival, Containing Mardi-Gras, its Ancient and Modern Observance (1874)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    Hand Book of the Carnival, Containing Mardi-Gras, its Ancient and Modern Observance (1874)

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)
    Books / 
    Politics, Communication

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)

    Dog Factory (1904)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Dog Factory (1904)