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    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, People

    Sadakichi Hartmann’s Conversations with Walt Whitman (1895)

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
    Images / 
    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
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    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)
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    Customs & Culture

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Kaspar Hauser’s Art (1828–1833)

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)
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    Design & Typography

    Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre’s Alphabet Album (1843)

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Nonsenseorship (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    Nonsenseorship (1922)

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)
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    War

    Of Chickens, Eggs, and Cannonballs: Roger Fenton’s Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855)

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)
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    Emotion & Expression

    Joseph Ducreux’s Self-Portraits (ca. 1790)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)
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    Maps, Natural World

    Ancient Courses: Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)
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    Death, Politics

    “A Slight Freshness on the Neck”: Prints Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI (ca. 1793)

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)
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    Politics

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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    Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations
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    Customs & Culture

    Early Photographs of Juneteenth Celebrations

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)
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    Music & Arts

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)

    The Comet Book (1587)
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    Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

    The Comet Book (1587)

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)
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    Customs & Culture

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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    Natural World

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy