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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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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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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

Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)
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Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)

Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)
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People, Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)

Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
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People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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People, Love & Lust

The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

Lewis Hine’s Composite Photographs of Child Labourers (1913)
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People, Politics, Crime & Law

Lewis Hine’s Composite Photographs of Child Labourers (1913)

Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)
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Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)

Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
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Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)
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At the Moving Picture Ball (1920)

Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)
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Queen Victoria’s Teenage Diaries (1912)

Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
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People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

The Art of Dreams
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People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

The Art of Dreams

Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)
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People, Customs & Culture

Illustrations from a Teenage Holiday Journal (1821)

America, a Personification (ca. 1590)
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People, Politics, Customs & Culture

America, a Personification (ca. 1590)

Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces (1906)
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Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces (1906)

A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)
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A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

Beards of Time
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Beards of Time

The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40
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People, The Future

The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40

Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)
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People, Politics

Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

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