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early 19th century style balloon with wings

Aeronautics

map of the African continent

African History

Green tractor in a bucolic farm setting

Agriculture

drawing of human musculature system

Anatomy and Physiology

arrowheads or "points"

Anthropology

Photo of Chichen Itza from Biologia Centrali Americana Archaeology v.3

Archaeology

Ionic column detail and cross section

Architecture

photo of interior walls hung with many paintings

Art Collections

detail of people talking and walking over a bridge

Asian History

illustration of Jupiter and Saturn

Astronomy

title page of a Spink's Gallery catalogue

Auction Catalogs

portrait of Josiah Henson

Biography

birds on a branch from Biologia Centrali Americana

Birds

Woman lounging on a couch in a private library reading a book.

Books and Libraries

Botany

illustration of a "spirit gauge" or alembic from a scientific instrument catalog

Chemistry

decorated teacups from Keramic Studio magazine

Decorative Arts

three kittens looking up

Domestic Animals

American style house with porch

Domestic Architecture

detail from a woodblock print showing a hand drawing with a quill pen

Drawing and Graphic Design

Economics and Commerce

Economics and Commerce

illustration from a children's book of s small boy teaching farm animals their vowels

Education

wiring diagram of the ENIAC computer

Electrical Engineering

woodcut print of an early crane lifting a pyramidal block.

Engineering

Color illustrations of 18th century European fashions.

European History

Illustration of a woman sitting in a chair holding an infant.

Families and Communities

colorful Hawaiian fish

Fishes

drawing of people fishing with nets and spears on a lake

Fishing and Fisheries

Woodblock print of medieval Europeans dancing around a tree.

Folklore

Black and white engraving of a large tree

Genealogy

detail of a print showing a globe on a stand

Geography

color illustration of cross sections of types of marble

Geology

19th century woman sitting at a sewing machine

Handicraft

engraving showing men on horseback riding towards a distant castle.

History

picture of a central American jaguar god ?

History of the Americas

detail of woman rolling out dough on a table with a child clinging to her skirts

Home Economics

photo of a garden with trees and flowers

Horticulture and Gardening

Color illustration of French partridge hunting fashion for 1920 from Gazette du bon ton.

Hunting

color drawing of a woman weaving on a Navajo style loom.

Indians of North America

men using a time clock to punch in

Industry and Labor

illustration of grasshoppers

Insects

color print showing an Art Deco styled living room

Interior Decoration

octopus vulgaris illustration

Invertebrates

spines of bound comic books including Buck Rogers and Captain Midnight

Language and Literature

Illustration from Harper's Weekly showing Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.

Law and Politics

Drawing of a large toothed cog.

Machinery

Front page of the Sioux [sic] Newspaper Anpao.

Magazines and Newspapers

Drawing of rhinoceros.

Mammals

Drawing of a man tipping his hat to a lady on the street.

Manners and Customs

illustration of 19th century lead pencil manufacturing

Manufacturing industries

letter from Galileo

Manuscripts

Illustration showing a circle, tangent, radius, and several angles.

Mathematics

Drawings of various types of head-bandages.

Medicine

detail of the sheet music "Battle Song of Liberty" showing the statue of liberty and marching soldiers.

Military Science

two women in an open top electric car from 1915

Motor Vehicles

illustration of the Smithsonian Castle building

Museums

sheet music from 1783

Music

Illustration of Hepaticae by Ernst Haeckel.

Natural History

illustration of 17th. century European sailing ship

Naval Science

Cover of the Book of Luck: a guide to your Success Fortune Future Palmistry Astrology."

Occult Sciences

Carte de visite portrait of painter George Lance standing in front of a canvas.

Painting

Crude print showing a man at a table pounding something in a large mortar and pestle. From Ortus sanitatis.

Pharmacy

line drawing of a bearded man in a toga sitting on a stone labeled "Greek philsopher".

Philosophy

photo of a woman using a glass plate negative camera.

Photography

Rows of rainbow colors from a spectrographic analysis.

Physics

14 cent stamp with a portrait of a Native American

Postal History and Stamps

engraving showing interior of 17thc. printing shop with roller press and drying prints

Print Making

illustration of a human head with the brain area filled with little compartments containing scenes meant to illustrate phrenological diagnoses

Psychology

photo of an old train engine

Railroads

Early 20th century mustachioed baseball player holding a bat with the word Spalding above his head.

Recreation and Leisure

Close up view of the spines of books

Reference Works

Detail from ancient Egyptian wall painting showing a pharoah making an offering to an animal headed god.

Religion

Spotted frog with head peeking out of the water.

Reptiles and Amphibians

Science

Bronze portrait bust of a person with a textured conical hat, from Benin.

Sculpture

Image of the ocean near Rasdhoo Atoll.

South Pacific History

Tesla holding a large lightbulb

Technology

illustration showing a bi-plane, train, and automobile

Transportation and Communication

Illustration of various historic flags of the United States.

United States History

Photo of several people sitting outside a log cabin.

United States Local History

Colorful pattern with butterflies.

Visual Arts

Photo of two young chimpanzees sitting at a table drinking from cups.

Zoology