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    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 City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
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    Architecture, Maps

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)

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

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

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    The Confidence-Man (1857)
    Books / 
    People, Stories, Humour & Satire

    The Confidence-Man (1857)

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

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

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

    Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913)

    Class of 2017
    Class of...

    Class of 2017

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

    The Frog (1908)

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

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Communication, Emotion & Expression

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    Within Our Gates (1920)
    Film / 
    Politics

    Within Our Gates (1920)

    Walter Crane’s Painting Book (1889)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Walter Crane’s Painting Book (1889)

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

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

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

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)
    Images / 
    People

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)

    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)
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    Design & Typography, Geometry & Diagrams

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