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    Coney Island at Night (1905)
    Film / 
    Architecture, Technology

    Coney Island at Night (1905)

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

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

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

    “March of Intellect” Cartoons (1828–29)

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: *How It Feels to Be Run Over* (1900)
    Film / 
    Death, Technology

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

    *It Started with Muybridge* (1964)
    Film / 
    Technology, War

    It Started with Muybridge (1964)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
    Images / 
    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena, Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Earthen Messages: Nikola Tesla in his Laboratory (ca. 1899)

    Resurrection on Repeat: *Rules and Orders of the Humane Society* (1787)
    Books / 
    Death, Science & Medicine, Technology

    Resurrection on Repeat: Rules and Orders of the Humane Society (1787)

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Sport & Exercise, Technology

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym

    Imaging Inscape: *The Human Soul* (1913)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Technology, Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Imaging Inscape: The Human Soul (1913)

    On the Road: *The Woman and the Car* (1909)
    Books / 
    Technology

    On the Road: The Woman and the Car (1909)

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s *La vie électrique* (1890)
    Books / 
    Technology, The Future

    The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890)

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)
    Images / 
    Technology, Architecture

    Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)
    Images / 
    Technology, Music & Arts

    Filippo Buonanni’s Harmonic Cabinet (1722)

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)
    Books / 
    Technology, The Future

    Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” (1894)

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

    Cryptography: or the History, Principles, and Practice of Cipher-Writing (1898)
    Books / 
    Communication, Technology

    Cryptography: or the History, Principles, and Practice of Cipher-Writing (1898)

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)
    Images / 
    Technology, Geometry & Diagrams, Crime & Law, Emotion & Expression

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
    Images / 
    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Émile-Antoine Bayard’s Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

    Destination Earth (1956)
    Film / 
    Politics, Technology

    Destination Earth (1956)

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Technology

    The History of Ink: Including its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography (1860)

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)
    Images / 
    People, Technology, Humour & Satire

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
    Images / 
    Technology

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion