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Snow (Yuki), from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

Snow (Yuki), from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797–1858 • c. 1849/52
Mounted Model of a Polar Bear

Mounted Model of a Polar Bear

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory • 1880s
Iceberg and Ice Flower

Iceberg and Ice Flower

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 • 1850s
Ski boots worn by Seba Johnson

Ski boots worn by Seba Johnson

Raichle, Swiss, 1909 - 1999 • 1990s
Pair of Pine Tree Vases

Pair of Pine Tree Vases

Appert Frères • 1878
Mask

Mask

1st century BCE–4th century CE
Photographic print of a woman on a stylized background of a scroll and snowscape

Photographic print of a woman on a stylized background of a scroll and snowscape

Unidentified • 1920s
Leerlingen van Schule Schloss Salem tijdens een skitocht in Unterengadin

Leerlingen van Schule Schloss Salem tijdens een skitocht in Unterengadin

anonymous • 1929
Still-life

Still-life

Edna W. Heese • 1910s
Dancer

Dancer

Elie Nadelman, born Warsaw, Poland 1882-died New York City 1946 • 1910s
Staff Working in Taxidermy Shop in the South Shed

Staff Working in Taxidermy Shop in the South Shed

United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory • 1880s
Gold and copper alloy spiral

Gold and copper alloy spiral

5th century BCE
Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Female and Skeletal Figure in an Erotic Embrace

Handle Spout Vessel in Form of a Female and Skeletal Figure in an Erotic Embrace

Moche North coast, Peru • 100 BCE–500 CE
Punch Glass

Punch Glass

Probably New England Glass Company • ca. 1883–88
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with Components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with Components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package

Neil Armstrong • 1969
Embracing Lovers with Sparklers

Embracing Lovers with Sparklers

Indian • 1763

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An Old Fisherman's Wife
Breton Girl Looking After Plants in the Hothouse
Portrait of Cecilie Trier, née Melchior
A Limier Briquet Hound
23

Women Artists at the World's Fair

By Reina Gattuso
By Reina Gattuso
Markt in Damascus
Bazaar in Damascus
A Bazaar
A Cairo Bazaar
40

Depictions of Bazaars

By Abbad Diraneyya
By Abbad Diraneyya
Two Nude Models
Two Women Friends Reclining
Damned Women (Femmes damnées)
Women Dancing in a Brothel
11

Displays of Homosexuality

By Curationist
By Curationist

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Free Black Women’s Private Pleasures and Rest

Free Black Women’s Private Pleasures and Rest

Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz • August 2024 • 11 Minute Read
Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz • August 2024 • 11 Minute Read
Panorama of Possessions: Film, Photography, and the War of 1898

Panorama of Possessions: Film, Photography, and the War of 1898

Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez • August 2024 • 9 Minute Read
Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez • August 2024 • 9 Minute Read
Reconstructing Black Girlhood: Reading Photos Alongside Journal Entries

Reconstructing Black Girlhood: Reading Photos Alongside Journal Entries

Wendyliz Martinez • August 2024 • 20 Minute Read
Wendyliz Martinez • August 2024 • 20 Minute Read
Bathing Women: Desire, Wonder, and Water in Versions of a Persian Tale

Bathing Women: Desire, Wonder, and Water in Versions of a Persian Tale

Shweta Sachdeva Jha • August 2024 • 16 Minute Read
Shweta Sachdeva Jha • August 2024 • 16 Minute Read
Illustrating Taiwan: Travelogues and Their Visual Narratives

Illustrating Taiwan: Travelogues and Their Visual Narratives

Chin-Jie Melodie Liu • August 2024 • 12 Minute Read
Chin-Jie Melodie Liu • August 2024 • 12 Minute Read
Bearing Witness: James Presley Ball, Black Image Making, and the Promise of Freedom in the American

Bearing Witness: James Presley Ball, Black Image Making, and the Promise of Freedom in the American West

keondra bills freemyn • August 2024 • 7 Minute Read
keondra bills freemyn • August 2024 • 7 Minute Read
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