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🐺 Annual report /. [Albany, N.Y.: The Commission, 1903]-1911. Original source Image description: Historical illustration featuring two animals: the top image shows a slender weasel lying stretched out along a tree branch, with its head resting on the bark and eyes open; the bottom image depicts a stockier wolverine from British Columbia sitting on a platform inside a cage at the New York Zoological Park, facing sideways with visible thick fur and a bushy tail. Both photographs are black and white, with captions noting the weasel’s origin from Spokane, Washington, and the wolverine’s display location. The images highlight differences in size and habitat setting between the two related species.

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❄ The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. Copenhagen: H. Hagerup, 1899-1928. Original source Image description: Black and white scientific illustration from the Danish Ingolf Expedition (1899-1928) depicting detailed drawings of various Arctic bivalve shells and their anatomical parts. The image shows multiple views of shells, including side, top, and cross-sections, along with close-ups of internal structures and hinge mechanisms. Each specimen is numbered and labeled with letters, highlighting different species features. The drawings emphasize texture, ridges, and shape distinctions, providing a comprehensive study of Arctic marine mollusks collected during the expedition. The illustration combines natural history and marine biology documentation typical of early 20th-century scientific research.

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🌱 Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik /. . Original source Image description: Historical botanical illustration depicting two specimens of Lichen glaucus, also known as Meergrüne Flechte. The top specimen displays a pale, textured surface with irregular wavy edges and pinkish-red spots along the margins. Below it, a darker, nearly black specimen contrasts sharply, showing a dense cluster of angular lobes. The detailed hand-colored illustration highlights the different colorations and intricate forms of this lichen species, emphasizing its natural texture and structure for study by botany enthusiasts. The species name is written below in elegant calligraphy.

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🐉 Ulyssis Aldrovandi …. Bononiæ, apud C. Ferronium, 1640.. Original source Image description: Historical illustration from 1640 by Ulyssis Aldrovandi depicting a large serpent-like dragon with a curved, elongated body covered in detailed scales and patterns. The dragon’s head is broad and flat with a forked tongue protruding, suggesting a snake-like appearance rather than a traditional fire-breathing dragon. The creature coils in an S-shape against a plain background with faint secondary impressions of the dragon visible behind it. The image includes handwritten numbers and text at the top right corner.

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Avel De Knight (1923-1995) 1 of 3 drawings gay couples, untitled

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when a hog steals your pants and you have to hunt it down with an ax

book of hours, use of st. omer, c. 1318-25

the british library, ms 36684, f. 31r

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Wiggly Wall by floato on Flickr

Kirkstone Pass, Lake District,Cumbria, England

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https://www.instagram.com/kristenkiehnle/

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Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany (by lewek Gnos)

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Noemia Prada

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“Postcard from Portofino” - Christy Turlington photographed by Arthur Elgort for Vogue US (December 1992)

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Rome, Italy, 1994. © 2019 Steve McCurry.

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Ferrari 400 Superamerica 1962

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Paris Opera Ballet Academy

(Photographer(s) unknown)