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

    The Confidence-Man (1857)

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

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
    Images / 
    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)
    Images / 
    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
    Images / 
    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)
    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)

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
    Images / 
    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)