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    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907)

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Communication

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    *Punctuation Personified* (1824)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Communication

    Punctuation Personified (1824)

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Chromolithographs of Cephalopods (1851)

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
    Books / 
    Death, Design & Typography, Wisdom

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903)

    *Shy Guy* (1947)
    Film / 
    Customs & Culture, Wisdom

    Shy Guy (1947)

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s *Nature* (ca. 1837–39)
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    Humour & Satire

    C. P. Cranch’s Very Literal Illustrations of Emerson’s Nature (ca. 1837–39)

    *Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth* (1833)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Landscapes

    Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    Blights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Work

    Blights of the Bookish: An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine, Animals & Beasts

    Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s Microscopic Delights (1759–63)

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)

    *Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship* (1890)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship (1890)

    *Atlas of the Munsell Color System* (1915)
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    Science & Medicine

    Atlas of the Munsell Color System (1915)

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)
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    Humour & Satire, Politics, Technology

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)

    Law and Ordure: *Scatalogic Rites of All Nations* (1891)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Law and Ordure: Scatalogic Rites of All Nations (1891)

    *Dool-Hoff*: A Dutch Maze with New Jerusalem at its Centre (1705)
    Images / 
    Wisdom, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Dool-Hoff: A Dutch Maze with New Jerusalem at its Centre (1705)

    Downhill from Here: *The Slant Book* (1910)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Downhill from Here: The Slant Book (1910)

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)
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    Animals & Beasts, Landscapes, Maps, Natural World, Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts (1887/93)

    Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

    Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

    *A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee* (1792)
    Books / 
    Drugs, Food, Science & Medicine

    A Treatise Concerning the Properties and Effects of Coffee (1792)

    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)

    James Ensor, *The Deadly Sins* (ca. 1904)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    James Ensor, The Deadly Sins (ca. 1904)