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    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
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    Customs & Culture, Communication

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    *A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns* (1837)
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    Natural World, Music & Arts

    A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

    George Washington Williams’ *History of the Negro Race in America* (1882–83)
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    Customs & Culture, War

    George Washington Williams’ History of the Negro Race in America (1882–83)

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)
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    Design & Typography

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)

    Hokusai’s *Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China* (1836)
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    War, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836)

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Department of Preparation: Thomas Smillie’s Photographic Survey of the Smithsonian (1890–1913)

    *Specimens of Fancy Turning* (1869)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Fancy Turning (1869)

    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
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    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of *Utsuro-bune*
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Technology, Strange Phenomena

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Peking Opera Characters (ca. 1900)

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

    Indian Sign Talk (1893)

    *Punctuation Personified* (1824)
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    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)

    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)
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    Science & Medicine

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

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

    Fraktur Folk Art (ca. 1750–1820)

    *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)

    “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)
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    Customs & Culture, Food, Religion, Myth & Legend

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

    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)

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

    James Ensor, The Deadly Sins (ca. 1904)

    *Frost Flowers on the Windows* (1899)
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    Natural World, Strange Phenomena, Ghosts & Occult

    Frost Flowers on the Windows (1899)

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)
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    Design & Typography

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)