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    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)

    Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918
    Images / 
    Landscapes, War

    Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918

    East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated by Kay Nielsen (1922 edition)

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Food

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)

    Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick-Maker (1908)
    Books / 
    Work

    Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick-Maker (1908)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    The Laughing Song (1904)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Laughing Song (1904)

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)
    Books

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)
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    Customs & Culture

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)

    Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922)

    Swedish House-Gymnastics (1913)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Swedish House-Gymnastics (1913)

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
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    Customs & Culture

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

    The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)

    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921)

    Russian Portraits (1921)
    Books / 
    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Russian Portraits (1921)

    Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)
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    Love & Lust

    Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)

    The Dances of the Ages (1913)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts

    The Dances of the Ages (1913)