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Abû Jahl, Muhammad's most prominent opponent in Mecca, is angered at p...

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Rustam kills Alkûs. - Persian manuscript

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Daphnis et Chloe´, Daphnis and Chloe. French. [from old catalog] Flo...

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Laval dans le personnage d'un Fleuve

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science fiction from "The Story Hunter or Tales of the weird and wild,...

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science fiction from "Babylon Electrified. The history of an expeditio...

This image has been taken from scan 000193 from "Babylon Electrified. The history of an expedition undertaken to restore ancient Babylon by the power of electricity, and how it resulted ... Translated ... by Fr... More

science fiction from "The Purchase of the North Pole: a sequel to “Fro...

This image has been taken from scan 000125 from "The Purchase of the North Pole: a sequel to “From the Earth to the Moon” ... Illustrated". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tag... More

David Copperfield.: A reading. In five chapters

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Poster - Tribune: Sunday Fiction - Public domain lithograph

George Reiter Brill (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1867–1918 Florida) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clotelle; or, The colored heroine, a tale of the Southern States

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George Eliot - The widow and the wife Book 6

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George Eliot - Miss Brooke Book 1

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George Eliot - Two temptations Book 7

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George Eliot - Waiting for death Book 3

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George Eliot - The dead hand Book 5

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George Eliot - Sunset and sunrise Book 8

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George Eliot - Three love problems Book 4

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Slaying the dragon : a story of Cape Ann life

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Charles Martin Newell. The wreck of the Greyhound;. Public domain book...

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Charles Martin Newell. The wreck of the Greyhound;. Public domain book...

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Charles Martin Newell. The wreck of the Greyhound;. Public domain book...

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Charles Martin Newell. The wreck of the Greyhound;. Public domain book...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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people from "The Spin of the Coin. A romance of the Far West and of th...

This image has been taken from scan 000095 from "The Spin of the Coin. A romance of the Far West and of the Riding Ring ... Containing also “Stranger than Fiction” by C. Kernahan. “The Man with the Fatal Finger... More

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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people from "The Spin of the Coin. A romance of the Far West and of th...

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science fiction from "The Angel of the Revolution: a tale of the comin...

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science fiction from "Olga Romanoff: or, the Syren of the Skies. A seq...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Olga Romanoff: or, the Syren of the Skies. A sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution.”". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, ... More

science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour. [The story of a v...

This image has been taken from scan 000049 from "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour. [The story of a visit to the planet Mars.] Edited [or rather written] by C. Dixon, etc". The title and subject terms of this image... More

science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour. [The story of a v...

This image has been taken from scan 000080 from "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour. [The story of a visit to the planet Mars.] Edited [or rather written] by C. Dixon, etc". The title and subject terms of this image... More

science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour. [The story of a v...

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science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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science fiction from "The Outlaws of the Air, etc"

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Rhodope, the Egyptian Princess - Public domain scenic print

John William Harding. A bachelor of Paris, Public domain book.

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The uncalled; a novel, by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Scribner's August fiction number / W. Glackens.

Poster showing a family at the beach, observing a rainbow over the ocean. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003. Gift; Charles Carter Smith, Jr,; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997-126).

Frederick Hankerson Costello - A tar of the old school. Public domain ...

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Scribner's fiction number - Public domain print

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Kesler Mfg. Co., Salisbury, N.C. Tallest man is Supt. Mason. He was wi...

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Little Nemo in slumberland. Oug! oug! glabble gick iggle gouck

Four panels of an eight-panel comic strip about the adventures of a boy, Little Nemo, in Slumberland. Impy is being attacked by a giant bee, which has attached itself to his head. Flip uses his cigar to kill th... More

"Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman readi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color halftone reproduction of painting by Norman Rockwell. Illus. in: Leslie's illustrated weekly newspaper, vol. 124, no. 3201 (1917 Jan. 11), p. 33 ... More

Fannie Hurst, novelist and short story writer, author of "Lummox," "Ba...

Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Fannie Hurst, facing left with head turned toward camera and left hand resting against face, wearing dark, long-sleeved, turtleneck outfit. Title transcribed from capti... More

Ladies of the ballet - Public domain portrait drawing

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Fancy dress parade, Pukeora Sanatorium

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[Agriculture Trainees in Versailles]

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["Family of Man" Exhibit, Schoolchildren]

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A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Ernest hemingway author...

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Left side view of the "Viper", seen on the television series "Battlest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Van Nuys State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Judy Mccormick Release Status: Released to Pu... More

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast an...

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast and crew at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29 is captured by cameras on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Build... More

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner B...

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29. The scr... More

From left, Bruce Moriarty, first assistant director; Robert Zemeckis, ...

From left, Bruce Moriarty, first assistant director; Robert Zemeckis, director/producer; Don Burgess, director of photography; and other Warner Bros. crew members oversee the filming of scenes for the movie "Co... More

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast an...

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast and crew at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29 is captured by cameras on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Build... More

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner B...

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29. The scr... More

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast an...

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast and crew at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29 is captured by cameras on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Build... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29. The screenplay for "Contact" is based o... More

Robert Zemeckis, director/producer, and other Warner Bros. crew member...

Robert Zemeckis, director/producer, and other Warner Bros. crew members oversee the filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The screenplay... More

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner B...

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The scr... More

Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact"...

Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The screenplay for "Contact" is based on the best-selling novel by th... More

Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact"...

Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The screenplay for "Contact" is based on the best-selling novel by th... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Sci-Fi" CATEGORY...

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Students "deploy" to a bare-base environment during Exercise IRON FLAG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRON FLAG Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Tre...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek) signs autographs for a guest at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during activities for the agency’s Gravity Recovery a... More

Michel Sauret, a sergeant first class with the Army

Michel Sauret, a sergeant first class with the Army Reserve public affairs, recently won the 2013 International Book Awards with his short story collection, "Amidst Traffic."

Enolah, 2, dances to music played by the Marine Corps

Enolah, 2, dances to music played by the Marine Corps Base Quantico Band Jazz Ensemble during the Books and Breakfast on Friday at the base library. Forty-eight children attended and enjoyed food, jazz music, d... More

A forest with snakes

Sam, Ken, and Becky are sent into a dangerous forest to collect firewood, but Becky disobeys, leaves her brothers behind, and talks to a stranger who magically changes himself and keeps Becky from going home. D... More

Travel Poster: Valles Mariners

Adventure awaits! Explore Mars’ ultimate vacation destinations.

Lance Cpl. Meagan Shihab, defense clerk, Defense Services

Lance Cpl. Meagan Shihab, defense clerk, Defense Services Organization, Headquarters Battalion, has wanted to be Marine since she was young. Inspired by her mother, who served eight years in the Marine Corps, s... More

The Ares 3 Landing Site: Where Science Fact Meets Fiction

This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a location on Mars associated with the best-selling novel and Hollywood movie, "The Mar... More

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A digital painting of a woman in a dress. Queen fire woman, beauty fas...

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A digital painting of a mermaid sitting on a rock. Mermaid fantasy scr...

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A woman sitting on a bed in a dark room. Girl tattoo naked, people. - ...

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A man with a microphone in his hand. Music desktop rack, music.

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Public Domain Stock Photo . Sci-fi woman fantasy, beauty fashion.

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A futuristic city at night with the moon in the background. Space mode...

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A close up of a soccer ball on a field. Fantasy space science, science...

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A woman in a swim suit holding an alarm clock. Under water fashion wom...

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A goat that is looking at the camera. Dream eyes human.

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A large rock formation with a large moon in the background. Exoplanet ...

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An image of a planet in the space. Universe space cosmos, science tech...

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A man standing on the side of a road. Ufo alien alie, science technolo...

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A man wearing a hat and holding a gun. Steam punk vintage.

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A woman in a white swimsuit floating in a glass box. Under water fashi...

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