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    Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
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    Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)

    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)

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

    Filippo Balbi’s Testa Anatomica (1854)

    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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians

    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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    People

    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)

    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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    People, War

    Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
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    People

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

    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)

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

    A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)