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    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)

    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940
    Audio

    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940

    Maniac Chase (1904)
    Film / 
    Humour & Satire

    Maniac Chase (1904)

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century
    Images / 
    Politics, Humour & Satire

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
    Images

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)
    Audio / 
    Death

    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
    Images / 
    Politics, Geometry & Diagrams

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

    Despotism (1946)
    Film / 
    Politics, War

    Despotism (1946)

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas
    Images / 
    People, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913)

    The Frog (1908)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Frog (1908)

    Within Our Gates (1920)
    Film / 
    Politics

    Within Our Gates (1920)

    Rainbows in Art
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)
    Audio

    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Geometry & Diagrams

    Pages From an Illustrated Catalogue of Period Ornaments (ca. 1919)

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)
    Film / 
    Crime & Law, Drugs

    Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
    Images / 
    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)
    Books / 
    Food

    The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909)