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    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

    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)

    Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)
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    Death, Fashion

    Your Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910)

    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)
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    Fashion

    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)
    Books / 
    Fashion, Design & Typography

    French Silk Sample Book (ca. 1900)

    Greek Masquerade (1771)
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    Architecture, Fashion

    Greek Masquerade (1771)

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)
    Books / 
    Fashion, Customs & Culture

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion
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    Fashion

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist
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    Fashion, Love & Lust

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)
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    People, Fashion

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

    Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)
    Books / 
    Fashion, The Future

    Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)
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    Fashion

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...
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    Fashion

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)
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    Science & Medicine, Fashion

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)
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    People, Fashion

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)
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    People, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)

    Design for Dreaming (1956)
    Film / 
    Fashion, Technology, The Future

    Design for Dreaming (1956)

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    A Pictorial History of Santa Claus

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Posed Portraits of 19th-Century Baseball Stars

    German Folk Dress (1887)
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    People, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    German Folk Dress (1887)

    Remembrance of Teams Past
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Remembrance of Teams Past

    J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from *The Flowers Personified* (1847)
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    Fashion, Natural World

    J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from The Flowers Personified (1847)

    WW2 U.S. Soldier Drag Show (1942)
    Film / 
    War, Fashion

    WW2 U.S. Soldier Drag Show (1942)