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    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)

    My Body is a ~~Temple~~ Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s *Ma’aseh Tuviyah* (1708)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Science & Medicine

    My Body is a Temple Four-Story House: Analogical Diagram from Tobias Cohen’s Ma’aseh Tuviyah (1708)

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of *Utsuro-bune*
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Technology, Strange Phenomena

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)

    Denishawn Dance Film (ca. 1916)
    Film / 
    Emotion & Expression, Music & Arts

    Denishawn Dance Film (ca. 1916)

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
    Books / 
    Stories, Death

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Communication

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    *Punctuation Personified* (1824)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Communication

    Punctuation Personified (1824)

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
    Books / 
    Death, Design & Typography, Wisdom

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903)

    *Shy Guy* (1947)
    Film / 
    Customs & Culture, Wisdom

    Shy Guy (1947)

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s *Nature* (ca. 1837–39)
    Images / 
    Humour & Satire

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s Nature (ca. 1837–39)

    *Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth* (1833)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Landscapes

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    *Atlas of the Munsell Color System* (1915)
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    Science & Medicine

    Atlas of the Munsell Color System (1915)

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)
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    Humour & Satire, Politics, Technology

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)