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    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)

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

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

    Swedish House-Gymnastics (1913)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Swedish House-Gymnastics (1913)

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)
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    Technology, Geometry & Diagrams, Crime & Law, Emotion & Expression

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan
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    People

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
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    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)