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    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)
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    Landscapes

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from *A System of Elocution* (1846)
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    Communication

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from A System of Elocution (1846)

    Beards of Time
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    People

    Beards of Time

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)
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    Natural World

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Music & Arts

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

    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)

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
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    Architecture

    Palacio’s Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
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    The Future

    Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library
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    Maps

    Highlights from the 20,000+ maps made freely available online by New York Public Library

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
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    Love & Lust

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

    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)

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
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    Science & Medicine

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million
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    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)
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    People

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)
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    Fashion

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

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

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)