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    The American Woods
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    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)
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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)

    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)
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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

    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)

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
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    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions (1865)

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)
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    Science & Medicine

    Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895)

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838
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    Politics, Customs & Culture

    The American Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1838

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants
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    People

    Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion
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    Fashion

    19th-Century Album of Ottoman Fashion

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Love & Lust

    Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)
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    Science & Medicine

    Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886)

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)
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    Science & Medicine

    Reenactment of First Operation under Ether (ca. 1850)