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Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
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Technology, Astronomy & Space

Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

Destination Earth (1956)
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Politics, Technology

Destination Earth (1956)

The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)
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Music & Arts, Technology

The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)

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

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

Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
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Technology

Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
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Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

The Rowing-Bath (1916)
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Technology

The Rowing-Bath (1916)

Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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Technology

Phenakistoscopes (1833)

The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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Technology

The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)

A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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Technology

A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

To New Horizons (1940)
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Technology, The Future

To New Horizons (1940)

I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)
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Technology

I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)

Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)
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Natural World, Customs & Culture, Technology

Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)

Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)
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Travel & Exploration, Technology

Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)

Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
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Science & Medicine, War, Technology

Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)

NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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Animals & Beasts, Technology

NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)
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Design & Typography, Technology

Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)

How to use the Dial Telephone (1927)
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Technology

How to use the Dial Telephone (1927)

The Telephonoscope (1879)
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Technology, The Future, Communication

The Telephonoscope (1879)

The Westinghouse Works (1904)
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Technology

The Westinghouse Works (1904)

Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Customs & Culture, Technology

Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

Just Imagine (1947)
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Technology

Just Imagine (1947)

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War, Technology

Hands (1944)

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

Design for Dreaming (1956)

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