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    Animated GIFs: Fleischer’s Bubbles (1922)
    Animated GIF

    Animated GIFs: Fleischer’s Bubbles (1922)

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

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

    Frederick Whitney’s *Blackboard Sketching* (1909)
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    Music & Arts

    Frederick Whitney’s Blackboard Sketching (1909)

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...
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    Fashion

    A little wander down the catwalk of time...

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)
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    People

    The Coronation of King Ladislaus of Poland (1633)

    Edison’s backwards bicycle rider (1899)
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    Edison’s backwards bicycle rider (1899)

    That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die (1580)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

    That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die (1580)

    Frank Desprez’s “Lasca” read by Harry E. Humphrey (1920)
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    Love & Lust

    Frank Desprez’s “Lasca” read by Harry E. Humphrey (1920)

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

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)
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    Wisdom

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)

    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

    Women having tea in Napier, New Zealand (ca.1890)
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    Women having tea in Napier, New Zealand (ca.1890)

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)
    Books

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)

    The Somersault Man (1923)
    Film

    The Somersault Man (1923)

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

    The First Tour de France (1903)

    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)
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    People

    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)

    Pollen Up Close (1837)
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    Science & Medicine

    Pollen Up Close (1837)

    Coughs and Sneezes (1945)
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    Coughs and Sneezes (1945)

    Hands (1944)
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    Hands (1944)

    The Kiss (1896)
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    The Kiss (1896)

    The Knife Throwing Mother (1950)
    Film

    The Knife Throwing Mother (1950)

    Audio

    A Midsummer Schottische