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Vannevar Bush seated at a desk. This portrait is credited to "OEM Defense", the Office for Emergency Management (part of the United States Federal Government) during World War II; it was probably taken some time between 1940 and 1944.
Chinese and Egyptian stone wall carving examples
A contemporary photograph of an antique stone chalkboard from a woodworkers' workshop and store website
A scroll that can be opened vertically. The characters of a seemingly foreign language are written on it.
Photo of a wall carving depicting the Hebrew ten commandments
Postcard of Storer College, a historically black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
A chart of Ptolemaic Atronomy
A Treatise on Fortune Telling is a manuscript that dates prior to the 19th century, and served as a guide for fortune tellers.
This is the front page of The New York Times the day after President Obama was elected in 2008.
The New York Times included a picture of the Titanic sinking in order to enhancing the meaning of the story written.