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    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
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    Communication

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
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    Communication

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
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    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)

    Books and Bookmen (1886)
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    Music & Arts

    Books and Bookmen (1886)

    The American Woods
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    Natural World

    The American Woods

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)
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    Science & Medicine

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
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    The Future

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
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    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)
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    Crime & Law

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)
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    Natural World

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)

    Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)
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    People, War

    Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
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    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
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    Science & Medicine

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838
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    Politics, Customs & Culture

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
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    People

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants