Century: 19th Century
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Hell’s Gift Shop (1890s)
Attributed to: Eugène Trutat (1840-1910)Century: 19th CenturyDecade: 1890sMedia Type: PhotoSource: ZenoLicense: Public Domain -
Not a Morning Person (1889)
Attributed to: Charles Robinson (1870-1937)Century: 19th CenturyDecade: 1880sMedia Type: ArtSource: British LibraryLicense: Public Domain -
Turnpin Spectacles (1850s)
“The lenses on these steel wire spectacles protect the front and sides of the eye. They are tinted blue to protect from the sun. The spectacle arms are pivoted at the temple and can rotate 360 degrees. They are known as turnpin spectacles.” – Source
Credit: Wellcome Collection CC BY 4.0
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Bat Boy (1854)
“They never saw their child again.”
Source: “Simple Hans and other funny pictures and stories” (1854), British Library – Public Domain.
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Waning Moon (1880)
According to NASA, a waning moon, also known as waning gibbous, is one of eight moon phases. It is when a full moon is beginning to get smaller.
Source: “Waning Moon” (1880) by Warren de la Rue, Rijksmuseum – Public Domain
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Monument to Departed Spirits (1895)
Someone took tons of empty spirit alcohol bottles and made them into one giant bottle. Quite the hobby! The creation was located at Ridge Hill Farms in Wellesley Massachusetts.
Attributed to: Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864-1939)Century: 19th CenturyDecade: 1890sMedia Type: StereographSource: Digital CommonwealthLicense: Public Domain -
Death on A Pale Horse (1825)
Attributed to: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)Century: 19th CenturyDecade: 1820sMedia Type: ArtSource: Tate BritainLicense: Public Domain
