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    “Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s *Impending Revolution* (1872)
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    Politics, People

    “Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!”: Victoria Woodhull’s Impending Revolution (1872)

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
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    Architecture, Customs & Culture, Landscapes, People

    Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)

    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)

    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)

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s *Preliminary List* (1900)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s Preliminary List (1900)

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)
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    People

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1848)

    Filippo Balbi’s *Testa Anatomica* (1854)
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    People, Science & Medicine

    Filippo Balbi’s Testa Anatomica (1854)

    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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    People

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    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)

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)
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    Music & Arts, People

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)
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    People

    The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Politics

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)
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    Animals & Beasts, People

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
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    People

    The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Chester Harding’s My Egotistigraphy (1866)

    Leave it to Psmith (1923)
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    People

    Leave it to Psmith (1923)

    Adeline Harris Sears’ Autographs Quilt (1856–ca.1863)
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    Adeline Harris Sears’ Autographs Quilt (1856–ca.1863)

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

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

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass
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    People, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)
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    People, Technology, Humour & Satire

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)
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    People, Wisdom

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians
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    People

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians

    The Confidence-Man (1857)
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    People, Stories, Humour & Satire

    The Confidence-Man (1857)

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

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

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