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early 19th century style balloon with wings

Aeronautics
(4 books)

map of the African continent

African History
(1 books)

Green tractor in a bucolic farm setting

Agriculture
(2 books)

drawing of human musculature system

Anatomy and Physiology
(5 books)

arrowheads or "points"

Anthropology
(1 books)

Ionic column detail and cross section

Architecture
(2 books)

illustration of Jupiter and Saturn

Astronomy
(1 books)

title page of a Spink's Gallery catalogue

Auction Catalogs
(2 books)

portrait of Josiah Henson

Biography
(1 books)

birds on a branch from Biologia Centrali Americana

Birds
(3 books)

ferns

Botany
(9 books)

decorated teacups from Keramic Studio magazine

Decorative Arts
(1 books)

three kittens looking up

Domestic Animals
(5 books)

American style house with porch

Domestic Architecture
(2 books)

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

Drawing and Graphic Design
(1 books)

Color illustrations of 18th century European fashions.

European History
(2 books)

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

Families and Communities
(1 books)

colorful Hawaiian fish

Fishes
(2 books)

drawing of people fishing with nets and spears on a lake

Fishing and Fisheries
(1 books)

detail of a print showing a globe on a stand

Geography
(1 books)

color illustration of cross sections of types of marble

Geology
(11 books)

19th century woman sitting at a sewing machine

Handicraft
(17 books)

engraving showing men on horseback riding towards a distant castle.

History
(2 books)

picture of a central American jaguar god ?

History of the Americas
(7 books)

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

Home Economics
(4 books)

photo of a garden with trees and flowers

Horticulture and Gardening
(4 books)

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

Hunting
(1 books)

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

Indians of North America
(8 books)

men using a time clock to punch in

Industry and Labor
(2 books)

illustration of grasshoppers

Insects
(6 books)

color print showing an Art Deco styled living room

Interior Decoration
(3 books)

octopus vulgaris illustration

Invertebrates
(4 books)

spines of bound comic books including Buck Rogers and Captain Midnight

Language and Literature
(10 books)

Drawing of a large toothed cog.

Machinery
(2 books)

illustration of 19th century lead pencil manufacturing

Manufacturing industries
(5 books)

letter from Galileo

Manuscripts
(1 books)

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

Mathematics
(6 books)

Drawings of various types of head-bandages.

Medicine
(2 books)

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

Military Science
(2 books)

Illustration of Hepaticae by Ernst Haeckel.

Natural History
(8 books)

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

Painting
(5 books)

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

Pharmacy
(1 books)

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

Philosophy
(2 books)

Rows of rainbow colors from a spectrographic analysis.

Physics
(3 books)

14 cent stamp with a portrait of a Native American

Postal History and Stamps
(12 books)

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

Print Making
(1 books)

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

Recreation and Leisure
(1 books)

Close up view of the spines of books

Reference Works
(5 books)

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

Religion
(3 books)

Science

Science
(2 books)

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

Sculpture
(2 books)

Tesla holding a large lightbulb

Technology
(7 books)

Illustration of various historic flags of the United States.

United States History
(7 books)

Photo of several people sitting outside a log cabin.

United States Local History
(7 books)

Colorful pattern with butterflies.

Visual Arts
(30 books)

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

Zoology
(2 books)