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    Beards of Time
    Images / 
    People

    Beards of Time

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)
    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)
    Audio / 
    Love & Lust

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)

    Flowers of the Sky
    Images / 
    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    Artistic Creation (1901)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Artistic Creation (1901)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)
    Books / 
    War

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)

    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)
    Film

    Little Tich and his Big Boot Dance (1900)

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Emotion & Expression

    The Physiognomy of Hands (1917)

    Mimes by Marcel Schwob (1901)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mimes by Marcel Schwob (1901)

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40
    Film / 
    People, The Future

    The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)
    Images / 
    People, Politics

    Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

    Mary and Gretel (1917)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mary and Gretel (1917)

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
    Images / 
    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission
    Audio / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Natural World

    The Home Movies of Frank Richard Oastler

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Women Painters of the World: from the time of Caterina Vigri to Rosa Bonheur (1905)

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)
    Images / 
    Politics, Maps, War

    Anthropomorphic Maps of Europe at War (1870/1914)

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images