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    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena, Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym
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    Science & Medicine, Sport & Exercise, Technology

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport & Exercise

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    Theresa Babb’s Photographs of Friendship (ca. 1898)
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    Customs & Culture, Landscapes, Love & Lust, People

    Theresa Babb’s Photographs of Friendship (ca. 1898)

    Adolf Schmidt’s *Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde* (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adolf Schmidt’s Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde (1890)

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)
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    Natural World, Design & Typography

    Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)
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    Crime & Law

    Samuel G. Szabó’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
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    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)
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    War

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations
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    Customs & Culture

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
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    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)
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    Design & Typography

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America
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    Design & Typography

    John Margolies’ Photographs of Roadside America

    Karl Blossfeldt’s *Urformen der Kunst* (1928)
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    Natural World

    Karl Blossfeldt’s Urformen der Kunst (1928)

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)
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    Astronomy & Space

    August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
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    Architecture

    The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

    Women at Work during World War I
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    Work

    Women at Work during World War I

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
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    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Physical Training for Business Men (1917)

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

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

    Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)