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    Beards of Time
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    Beards of Time

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)
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    Humour & Satire

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)

    Napoleon at St Helena (1855)
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    Politics

    Napoleon at St Helena (1855)

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)
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    Natural World

    “Plantscapes” from Kerner von Marilaun’s Pflanzenleben (1887)

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)
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    Love & Lust

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)
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    Science & Medicine

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)

    Public Domain GIFs from the OKFestival 2014 Workshop
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    Public Domain GIFs from the OKFestival 2014 Workshop

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)
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    Science & Medicine

    The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884)

    Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine
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    Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine

    The Art of Swimming (1587)
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    Sport & Exercise

    The Art of Swimming (1587)

    Artistic Creation (1901)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Artistic Creation (1901)

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)
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    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)

    George (2014)
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    George (2014)

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images
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    Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)
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    Crime & Law

    The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1819)

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)
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    War

    Made in the Trenches: a WW1 Magazine Created by Soldiers (1916)

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)
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    John Wanamaker recounts a Leo Tolstoy anecdote (1908)

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)
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    Science & Medicine

    High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910)