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    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)

    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 and Expression, The Arts

    Denishawn Dance Film (ca. 1916)

    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, The Arts

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

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

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

    “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)

    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)

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

    Atlas of the Munsell Color System (1915)

    Downhill from Here: *The Slant Book* (1910)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire, Novelty

    Downhill from Here: The Slant Book (1910)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, People, Politics

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)

    James Ensor, *The Deadly Sins* (ca. 1904)
    Images / 
    Death, Religion

    James Ensor, The Deadly Sins (ca. 1904)

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World, Novelty

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    The Book of Bread (1903)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Book of Bread (1903)

    *Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1922)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1922)

    A Bestiary of Loss
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    “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)

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