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    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)

    Guess Me (1879)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Guess Me (1879)

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    Fables for the Frivolous (1899)
    Books / 
    Stories

    Fables for the Frivolous (1899)

    The Steps of Life
    Images / 
    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)
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    People, Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)

    New Elucidations of Thomson’s Seasons (1822)
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    Death, Humour & Satire

    New Elucidations of Thomson’s Seasons (1822)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Emotion & Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    Shakespeare in Art
    Images / 
    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
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    Communication

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)

    Books and Bookmen (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Books and Bookmen (1886)

    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)

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

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)

    London a Hundred Years Hence (1857)
    Books / 
    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)

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

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

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

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

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res