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

    The Frog (1908)

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

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Emotion & Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    Topsell’s History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Topsell’s History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Robin Redbreast (1907)
    Audio / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Robin Redbreast (1907)

    The First Circus (1921)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Drugs

    The First Circus (1921)

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

    Bird Gods (1898)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Bird Gods (1898)

    Professor Welton’s Boxing Cats (1894)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Sport & Exercise

    Professor Welton’s Boxing Cats (1894)

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit

    The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog (1819)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog (1819)

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)

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

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

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

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Flemish Mask Designs in the Grotesque Style (1555)

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)