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![[Don Quixote, holding sword and shield and attached to line held by another man, descending into Montesino's Cave]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3MDAvMDEvMDEvZG9uLXF1aXhvdGUtaG9sZGluZy1zd29yZC1hbmQtc2hpZWxkLWFuZC1hdHRhY2hlZC10by1saW5lLWhlbGQtYnktYW5vdGhlci1tYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/634/jpg "[Don Quixote, holding sword and shield and attached to line held by another man, descending into Montesino's Cave]")
![[Caesar-like figure standing and holding a staff and an orb topped with a cross]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvY2Flc2FyLWxpa2UtZmlndXJlLXN0YW5kaW5nLWFuZC1ob2xkaW5nLWEtc3RhZmYtYW5kLWFuLW9yYi10b3BwZWQtd2l0aC1hLWNyb3NzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Caesar-like figure standing and holding a staff and an orb topped with a cross]")
![[Man with a sword walking toward the left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXdpdGgtYS1zd29yZC13YWxraW5nLXRvd2FyZC10aGUtbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Man with a sword walking toward the left]")
![[Full-length portrait of a man dressed as a monk, leaning on a cloth-covered crate]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1tYW4tZHJlc3NlZC1hcy1hLW1vbmstbGVhbmluZy1vbi1hLWNsb3RoLWNvdmVyZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Full-length portrait of a man dressed as a monk, leaning on a cloth-covered crate]")
![[It was a great battle. I remember plunging down the mountain, loading and firing, dodging behind rocks, falling headlong and scrambling up again]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvaXQtd2FzLWEtZ3JlYXQtYmF0dGxlLWktcmVtZW1iZXItcGx1bmdpbmctZG93bi10aGUtbW91bnRhaW4tbG9hZGluZy1hbmQtZmlyaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/71/webp "[It was a great battle. I remember plunging down the mountain, loading and firing, dodging behind rocks, falling headlong and scrambling up again]")
![[Molasso and Corio, dance team in apache-type costume and pose]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvbW9sYXNzby1hbmQtY29yaW8tZGFuY2UtdGVhbS1pbi1hcGFjaGUtdHlwZS1jb3N0dW1lLWFuZC1wb3NlLTBiMTBkNi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Molasso and Corio, dance team in apache-type costume and pose]")
![[Theodore Roosevelt wearing knickerbockers and carrying an axe on his shoulder]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjMvdGhlb2RvcmUtcm9vc2V2ZWx0LXdlYXJpbmcta25pY2tlcmJvY2tlcnMtYW5kLWNhcnJ5aW5nLWFuLWF4ZS1vbi1oaXMtc2hvdWxkZXItZDE1MGU3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "[Theodore Roosevelt wearing knickerbockers and carrying an axe on his shoulder]")
