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Grotesque Head from Reims Cathedral

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Grotesque Head from Reims Cathedral

creator: unknown
Grotesque Head from Reims Cathedral,
Building Date: ca. 1211-ca. 1260
Photograph date: ca. 1880-ca. 1895
Cornell University Library: 15/5/3090.01579

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Mount Vesuvius: Lava flows into village of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio one night, 1944

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Mount Vesuvius: Lava flows into village of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio one night, 1944

Shaffer, Melvin C.
Mount Vesuvius: Lava flows into village of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio one night, 1944,
1944
SMU Central University Libraries: itmcs081it.jpg

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Cribb and Foote family photo set in an oval flowered mount, ca. 1898

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Cribb and Foote family photo set in an oval flowered mount, ca. 1898

creator: unknown
Cribb and Foote family photo set in an oval flowered mount, ca. 1898
State Library of Queensland, Australia: ID number: unknown

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Gwen Lux, American sculptor and designer, 1908-1986, in her studio

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Gwen Lux, American sculptor and designer, 1908-1986, in her studio

Peter A. Juley & Son
Gwen Lux, American sculptor and designer, 1908-1986, in her studio
creation date: unknown
Smithsonian Institution: J0001886

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“Schemajah Hillel,” page 18 from the book “Der Golem”

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Hugo Steiner-Prag, 1880-1945
“Schemajah Hillel,” page 18 from the book “Der Golem”, 1916
Center for Jewish History, NYC: NC 251 S73 G6

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Bean field under cultivation, Seabrook Farm, Bridgeton, N.J. (LOC)

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Bean field under cultivation, Seabrook Farm, Bridgeton, N.J. (LOC)

Collier, John, 1913-, photographer.
Bean field under cultivation, Seabrook Farm, Bridgeton, N.J. (LOC),
1942[?] June
Library of Congress: LC-USF35-551

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Caribou Shed Their Antlers Annually …

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Caribou Shed Their Antlers Annually; They Can Be Found Almost Anywhere on the North Slope, Or Here, in the Atigun Valley the Site of Pump Station #4 Appears on the Skyline of the Hill in the Background 08/1973

Cowals, Dennis, 1945-
Caribou Shed Their Antlers Annually; They Can Be Found Almost Anywhere on the North Slope, Or Here, in the Atigun Valley the Site of Pump Station #4 Appears on the Skyline of the Hill in the Background 08/1973,
08/1973
The U.S. National Archives: 412-DA-8010

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Elsie Betts, 1976

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Elsie Betts, 1976

Terry Swan
Elsie Betts, 1976
LSE Library: IMAGELIBRARY/1040

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Sudden Shower

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Sudden Shower

Utagawa Hiroshige
Sudden Shower, after 1856
The National Archives UK: PRO 30/75/168/2

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Strandfotograaf / Beach Photographer

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Strandfotograaf / Beach Photographer

Strandfotograaf / Beach Photographer
Nationaal Archief: SFA001019971

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