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    The American Woods
    Images / 
    Natural World

    The American Woods

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)
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    Science & Medicine

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

    D.O.A. (1950)
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    Crime & Law

    D.O.A. (1950)

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)

    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)
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    Love & Lust

    Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
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    The Future

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
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    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

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

    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)
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    Natural World

    Francis Bacon on Gardens (1902)

    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)

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)
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    Crime & Law

    Life, Crimes, and Confession of Bridget Durgan (1867)

    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)

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
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    Science & Medicine

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

    Robin Redbreast (1907)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Robin Redbreast (1907)

    Skating with Bror Myer (1921)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Skating with Bror Myer (1921)

    Alcohol and the Human Body (1949)
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    Science & Medicine, Drugs

    Alcohol and the Human Body (1949)

    Class of 2016
    Class of...

    Class of 2016

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Colonialism & the 'Other', Astronomy & Space

    From India to the Planet Mars (1900)

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)
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    Natural World

    Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)

    Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)
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    People, War

    Portraits of Imprisoned Modoc Warriors (1873)