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    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950)

    Karel Čapek’s *Letters from England* (1925)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    Karel Čapek’s Letters from England (1925)

    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s *Genesis* (1924)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Music & Arts

    “Light from the Darkness”: Paul Nash’s Genesis (1924)

    Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s *Les Malheurs des immortels* (1922)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)

    The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)
    Images / 
    Natural World, Politics

    The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)

    *The Plague of Lust: Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity* (1901 edition)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Love & Lust

    The Plague of Lust: Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity (1901 edition)

    Lonely Together: Paul Fejos’ *Lonesome* (1928)
    Film / 
    Love & Lust

    Lonely Together: Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928)

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s *Book of Monsters* (1914)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Bug’s Life: David and Marian Fairchild’s Book of Monsters (1914)

    Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for *Nos Invisibles* (1907)
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    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Raffaele Mainella’s Illustrations for Nos Invisibles (1907)

    Looking Backward: Images of *Rückenfiguren* (ca. 1497–1925)
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

    Chromatic Aberrations: *The Toll of the Sea* (1922)
    Film / 
    Love & Lust, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Chromatic Aberrations: The Toll of the Sea (1922)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    Mayday, Mayday: *Capital and Labor* (1907)
    Books / 
    Politics, Work

    Mayday, Mayday: Capital and Labor (1907)

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Customs & Culture, Landscapes, People

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)

    Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater’s *Occult Chemistry* (1908)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Ghosts & Occult

    Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater’s Occult Chemistry (1908)

    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s *Weird Islands* (1921)
    Books / 
    Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s Weird Islands (1921)

    Edith Wharton’s *Italian Villas and their Gardens* (1904)
    Books / 
    Landscapes, Design & Typography

    Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904)

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World, Music & Arts, War

    A Family Tree: Hippolyte Hodeau’s Trench Art (ca. 1917)

    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s *Book of Hare Stories* (1924)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Stories, Wisdom

    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s Book of Hare Stories (1924)

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: *Animated Putty* (1911)
    Film

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: Animated Putty (1911)

    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s *Millions of Cats* (1928)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928)

    Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Music & Arts

    Sheet Music Covers for the Gotham-Attucks Company, ca. 1905–1911

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in *Steamboat Willie* (1928)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in Steamboat Willie (1928)