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    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)
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    Death

    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
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    Politics, Geometry & Diagrams

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

    Despotism (1946)
    Film / 
    Politics, War

    Despotism (1946)

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas
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    People, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913)

    The Frog (1908)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Frog (1908)

    Within Our Gates (1920)
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    Politics

    Within Our Gates (1920)

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)
    Audio

    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)
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    Design & Typography, Geometry & Diagrams

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)
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    Crime & Law, Drugs

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
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    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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    Technology

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    To New Horizons (1940)
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    Technology, The Future

    To New Horizons (1940)

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)