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    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's *Collection of Various Clothing Styles* (1562)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Fashion, Travel & Exploration

    The World's First Costume Book: François Desprez's Collection of Various Clothing Styles (1562)

    Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    Season’s Bleatings: Finnish Photographs of the Nuuttipukki (1928)

    Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880)

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    Customs & Culture

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    A Melting Cauldron: *The Book of Hallowe’en* (1919)
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    Customs & Culture, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Melting Cauldron: The Book of Hallowe’en (1919)

    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
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    Customs & Culture, Communication

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    George Washington Williams’ *History of the Negro Race in America* (1882–83)
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    Customs & Culture, War

    George Washington Williams’ History of the Negro Race in America (1882–83)

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
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    Customs & Culture, Communication

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    *Shy Guy* (1947)
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    Customs & Culture, Wisdom

    Shy Guy (1947)

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)
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    Customs & Culture

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
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    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)
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    Customs & Culture, People, Politics

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, War

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    *Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales* (1922)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1922)

    Playing Indian: *Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island* (1903)
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    Customs & Culture, People

    Playing Indian: Cummings’ Indian Congress at Coney Island (1903)

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

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
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    Customs & Culture, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

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

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)