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Slave Ship Model
Slave ship model, which "shows a typical ship in the early 1700s on the Middle Passage. To preserve their profits, captains and sailors tried to limit the deaths of slaves from disease, suicide, and revolts. In the grisly arithmetic of the...
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Olaudah Equiano, Abolitionist Writer, c. 1789
Olaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797), the abolitionist writer, by the English artist Daniel Orme (l. 1766-1837), frontispiece of Equiano's autobiography (published 1789).
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Adolf Hitler & Generals, 1943
A March 1943 photograph of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, alongside several of his generals as they study maps of the Eastern Front during the German-Soviet War of the Second World War (1939-45). The generals are (L...
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Sir Toby Coming to the Assistance of Sir Andrew Aguecheek
In Act IV Scene I of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, Sir Toby Belch rushes to the assistance of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, who is being beaten bloody by Sebastian. Oil on panel by Arthur Boyd Houghton, c. 1854. Folger Shakespeare...
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Scene from Twelfth Night: Olivia, Sebastian, and the Priest
Sebastian and Olivia agree to marry one another in Act IV of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night. Painting by W. Hamilton, engraving by W. Angus, 18th century.
Shakespeare Print Collection.
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Foro Italico (Inaugurated As Foro Mussolini)
A 1937 photograph of the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, initially called the 'Foro Mussolini' after Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), the leader of Fascist Italy. It was designed in 1927 by architect Enrico Del Debbio, and then inaugurated...
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Antarctica: Discovery & Exploration - Mapping the Paths of Explorers Through a Continent of Ice
This map illustrates the exploration of the continent of Antarctica from the first voyages of the 18th century to the research stations of the 21st century. The map also shows the varied and competing national claims to slices of the Great...
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Balilla in their Uniforms
A group of Balilla, members of a youth group in Fascist Italy, wearing their uniforms and holding a miniature rifle (moschetto regolamentare Balilla modello 1891 ridotto) designed for the military training of Italian youth
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Cartoon Depicting Nazi Sportsmen Destroying the Olympic Spirit (1935)
A political cartoon depicting Nazi sportsmen destroying the Olympic spirit in Germany prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Cartoon by John Henry Amshewitz published by the British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council in 1935.
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Gymnastic Show Performed by a Group of Balilla
A c. 1923 photograph showing a public gymnastic show performed during the Italian fascist period by the Sciacca-Agrigento section of the Opera Nazionale Balilla. (Riggio Family Archives)
