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    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)

    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)

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

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

    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David
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    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David

    Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912)
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    People, Sport & Exercise

    Photographs of Auto Polo (ca. 1912)

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)
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    People

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)

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

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program

    The First Tour de France (1903)
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    People, Sport & Exercise

    The First Tour de France (1903)

    17th century Ethiopian Manuscript: The Miracles of the Archangel Michael
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    17th century Ethiopian Manuscript: The Miracles of the Archangel Michael

    Lantern Slides of Norway (ca. 1910)
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    People, Landscapes

    Lantern Slides of Norway (ca. 1910)

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)
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    People, Fashion

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)
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    People, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    Radical Fashion from the Schembart Carnival (1590)

    The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People

    The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Geometry & Diagrams, Emotion & Expression

    Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)

    Medical Imagery of the 15th Century
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    Science & Medicine, People

    Medical Imagery of the 15th Century

    Double Exposures
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    Double Exposures

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes, Maps, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Illustrations from The Six Voyages of John Baptista Tavernier (1678)

    Decayed Daguerreotypes
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    People, Death

    Decayed Daguerreotypes

    Twelve Twelve Twelve
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    Twelve Twelve Twelve

    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada
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    The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada