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    The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)
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    Music & Arts, Emotion & Expression

    The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: *Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London* (1716)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire, Travel & Exploration

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716)

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    Playing Indian: *Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island* (1903)
    Audio / 
    Customs & Culture, People

    Playing Indian: Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island (1903)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    Etteilla’s *Livre de Thot* Tarot (ca. 1789)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Etteilla’s Livre de Thot Tarot (ca. 1789)

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s *Preliminary List* (1900)
    Books / 
    People, Music & Arts

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s Preliminary List (1900)

    *Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods* (1860–1902)
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    Natural World

    Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902)

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: *How It Feels to Be Run Over* (1900)
    Film / 
    Death, Technology

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of *De Proprietatibus Rerum* (ca. 1480)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

    The Turns of the *Turnverein*: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)
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    Sport & Exercise, Politics

    The Turns of the Turnverein: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)
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    People

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1848)

    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s *Campi Phlegraei* (1776–79)
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    Landscapes, Science & Medicine

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei (1776–79)

    *It Started with Muybridge* (1964)
    Film / 
    Technology, War

    It Started with Muybridge (1964)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)