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![[Sentimental scene of cherub driving bird-drawn shell chariot]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTYvMDEvMDEvc2VudGltZW50YWwtc2NlbmUtb2YtY2hlcnViLWRyaXZpbmctYmlyZC1kcmF3bi1zaGVsbC1jaGFyaW90LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/238/jpg "[Sentimental scene of cherub driving bird-drawn shell chariot]")
![Novvm et insigne opvs mvsicvm sex, qvinqve et qvatvor vocum, cvivs in Germania hactenus nihil simile usquam est editum : nunc quidem locupletatum plus centum non minus elegantibus carminibus, tum Iosquini, tum aliorum clarissimorum symphonistarum tám ueterum quám recentiorum, quorum quada[m] antehac sunt edita, multa nunc primum in lucem exeunt](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvbm92dm0tZXQtaW5zaWduZS1vcHZzLW12c2ljdm0tc2V4LXF2aW5xdmUtZXQtcXZhdHZvci12b2N1bS1jdml2cy1pbi1nZXJtYW5pYS0zNzE2NWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Novvm et insigne opvs mvsicvm sex, qvinqve et qvatvor vocum, cvivs in Germania hactenus nihil simile usquam est editum : nunc quidem locupletatum plus centum non minus elegantibus carminibus, tum Iosquini, tum aliorum clarissimorum symphonistarum tám ueterum quám recentiorum, quorum quada[m] antehac sunt edita, multa nunc primum in lucem exeunt")
![[Birds hanging in larder] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvYmlyZHMtaGFuZ2luZy1pbi1sYXJkZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Birds hanging in larder] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Men displaying sled-like vehicles]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbWVuLWRpc3BsYXlpbmctc2xlZC1saWtlLXZlaGljbGVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Men displaying sled-like vehicles]")
![[Sketches of a peacock shutter and fighting peacocks]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvc2tldGNoZXMtb2YtYS1wZWFjb2NrLXNodXR0ZXItYW5kLWZpZ2h0aW5nLXBlYWNvY2tzLTg5MjBhMC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Sketches of a peacock shutter and fighting peacocks]")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Navajo riders in Canyon de Chelly]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvbmF2YWpvLXJpZGVycy1pbi1jYW55b24tZGUtY2hlbGx5LWQ4ZTU0Zi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Navajo riders in Canyon de Chelly]")
![[Bird's eye view of Heckscher Bldg.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtaGVja3NjaGVyLWJsZGctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Bird's eye view of Heckscher Bldg.]")
![[Car in desert scene] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvY2FyLWluLWRlc2VydC1zY2VuZS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Car in desert scene] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
