Exhibit: The Digital Museum
Photo credits
Every photo in the app shows the real object. The photos are in the public domain or used under their open licences. For the Exhibit look each one is cut out, turned black and white and the object coloured and lit. Our edited versions of share-alike photos are shared under the same licence.
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A British court dress
Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1965 (Open Access, CC0)
Licence: Public domain (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain: true; CC0) · Source
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A carved Whitby snakestone
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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A Laennec-type monaural stethoscope
Photo: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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A rai stone from Yap
Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Licence: CC0 · Source
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A Stroh violin
Photo: Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2018.78.309, CC BY 2.0
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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A Swedish 10-daler copper plate coin
Photo: Jens Mohr, SHM (Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga myntkabinettet), CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch (National Museum of American History)
Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy
Photo: Alan Wilson (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
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Amundsen's polar ship Maud
Photo: Kjetil Kjernsmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Amundsen's tent at the South Pole
Photo: Olav Bjaaland, 1911 (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons (scan from De Aarde en haar Volken, 1913)
Licence: Public domain (PD-Norway50; PD-1923 in the US) · Source
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An Allbutt short clinical thermometer
Photo: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Apollo 10’s command module
Photo: Matt Brown, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Babylonian recipe tablet YBC 4644
Photo: Kwag1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera
Photo: Vassil, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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Charles Darwin’s Notebooks B and C
Photo: Charles Darwin, Notebook B, p. 36 (1837), Cambridge University Library (DAR 121); scan via Darwin Online. Public domain.
Licence: Public domain · Source
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Chicken Ramen
Photo: Ocdp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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Claudia Severa's birthday invitation
Photo: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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Codex Sinaiticus (British Library and three other holders)
Photo: PotatoCow25, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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Concorde G-BOAF (Concorde 216)
Photo: Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (released by the photographer, PD-self) · Source
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Dorothy's ruby slippers
Photo: dbking (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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Einstein’s blackboard
Photo: decltype, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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ENIAC (1946)
Photo: Logg Tandy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Exchequer tally sticks
Photo: Ealdgyth / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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Father Time
Photo: hamilcar_south (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
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Galileo’s objective lens in its 1677 frame
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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Harvard Law School's Magna Carta (HLS MS 172)
Photo: Harvard Law School Library, HLS MS 172
Licence: Public domain (Harvard Library claims no copyright in reproductions of public-domain works) · Source
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Henry Cole's Christmas card of 1843
Photo: John Callcott Horsley (design), Henry Cole (publisher), 1843; British Library copy, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Licence: Public domain (PD-old-100) · Source
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Hope
Photo: Daniel Lu (User:dllu) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Hubert Cecil Booth's vacuum cleaner
Photo: Matt Brown (Flickr: londonmatt), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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Joseph Lister’s carbolic steam spray
Photo: Science Museum, London / Wellcome Images, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Karl Drais's running machine (Laufmaschine) of 1817
Photo: Mattes, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (released by the photographer, PD-self) · Source
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Kryptos
Photo: Jim Sanborn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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La Jamais Contente
Photo: Van Der Meulen Christofle, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (no attribution required)
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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Le Grand K
Photo: BIPM
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO · Source
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Lego's Automatic Binding Bricks (1949)
Photo: Chartep, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Liberty Bell 7
Photo: HrAtsuo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 · Source
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LNER A4 No. 4468 Mallard
Photo: PTG Dudva, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 (also GFDL) · Source
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Marie Curie’s laboratory notebook
Photo: Wellcome Collection (Wellcome Images L0066919), CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map (Library of Congress)
Photo: Martin Waldseemüller; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division (g3200.ct000725), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old-100) · Source
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Napoleon’s toothbrush
Photo: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Nintendo’s hanafuda playing cards
Photo: Nintendo (cards, 1926-1945); scan via Japan Playing Card Museum (japanplayingcardmuseum.com), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-Japan-organization / PD-1996; faithful scan of a 2D work) · Source
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Norman Heatley’s ceramic penicillin culture vessel
Photo: Courtesy of Science History Institute, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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Plymouth Rock
Photo: Rhonda McCloughan (Pr41799), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101)
Photo: NASA / Armstrong (then Dryden) Flight Research Center (EC77-8611)
Licence: Public domain (NASA) · Source
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SUE the T. rex’s skull
Photo: Geoffrey Fairchild / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The 'Lady Blunt' Stradivari violin (1721)
Photo: Tarisio Auctions / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The 'Rising Sun' chair
Photo: National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park (NPGallery), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-USGov-NPS, U.S. National Park Service photo) · Source
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The 'Wicked Bible' of 1631
Photo: Title page of the 1631 'Wicked Bible' (London: Robert Barker and Martin Lucas); copy sold at Sotheby's in 2016. Public domain.
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art) · Source
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The 1933 Double Eagle
Photo: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History (photo: Jaclyn Nash), public domain
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The 1938 coelacanth
Photo: Bernard DUPONT (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
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The America’s Cup
Photo: chatani (Yasuhiro Chatani, Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Antikythera mechanism
Photo: Logg Tandy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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The Apple-1 (1976)
Photo: Blakespot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (Apple-1 at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
Licence: CC0 · Source
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The Ardabil Carpet (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, via Google Arts & Culture / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art) · Source
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The Areni-1 shoe
Photo: David Castor (dcastor), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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The Ashes urn
Photo: danielgreef / Dan (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Athens 1896 winner's medal
Photo: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 (photo; the medal design is public domain) · Source
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The ball from the 1966 World Cup final
Photo: Ben Sutherland (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Photo: Myrabella, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (the embroidery); photo CC0 1.0 · Source
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The Behaim Globe
Photo: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Black Prince's Ruby
Photo: Anonymous Wikimedia Commons contributor (name removed at their request), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta
Photo: Public domain; image from Sotheby's 2014 sale, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The broken rope from the Matterhorn's first ascent
Photo: Evelyscher, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The broken shackle and chain at the Statue of Liberty's feet
Photo: Jack E. Boucher, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER NY-138), Library of Congress (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-USGov-NPS; Historic American Engineering Record, Library of Congress) · Source
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The Calcutta Cup
Photo: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The car hit by the Peekskill meteorite
Photo: Bruno Barral / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Centennial Light
Photo: LPS.1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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The Claret Jug
Photo: National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress (LC-npcc.04646)
Licence: Public domain (National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress: no known restrictions on publication) · Source
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The Code of Hammurabi stele (Louvre, Paris)
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 FR (also offered under CC BY-SA 2.0 FR and CeCILL) · Source
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The Coronation Chair
Photo: Darkmaterial / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Coronation Spoon (Crown Jewels, Tower of London)
Photo: Cyril Davenport, The English Regalia (1897) / The Crown Jewels of England (1919); public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old-auto-expired; Cyril Davenport d. 1941) · Source
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The Cray-1 supercomputer (1976)
Photo: Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 FR · Source
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The crown of Empress Eugénie
Photo: Shonagon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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The Crystal Palace Iguanodon
Photo: Chris Sampson (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Diamond Sutra of 868 (British Library)
Photo: British Library, Or.8210/P.2 (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 (British Library) · Source
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The emperor penguin eggs from the 1911 winter journey
Photo: Joyofmuseums / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The first computer mouse (SRI, 1964)
Photo: Kazuhisa OTSUBO, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Fisher AG-7 space pen
Photo: Cpg100, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Frisbee (Wham-O)
Photo: UnifiedFunctionality, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Gjøa
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 NO, via Wikimedia Commons (Wiki Loves Monuments 2013)
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 Norway · Source
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The gold 'Last Spike' of 1869 (Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University)
Photo: Wjenning, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Great Bed of Ware
Photo: VeronikaB (Wikipedia Loves Art), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.5 · Source
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The handle-less Broad Street pump replica
Photo: Jamzze / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Harwell Dekatron computer
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Hereford Mappa Mundi (Hereford Cathedral)
Photo: Hereford Mappa Mundi, Hereford Cathedral; image from unesco.org.uk via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Licence: Public domain (PD-old-100; faithful reproduction of a 2D work) · Source
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The Hodges meteorite
Photo: Kai NeSmith / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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The Hope Diamond
Photo: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Hubble Space Telescope’s backup mirror
Photo: Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM2017-10014), CC0
Licence: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access) · Source
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The inscription on the Shepherd's Monument
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Inverted Jenny
Photo: Image: DigitalImageServices.com via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The James Caird
Photo: Marathon (geograph.org.uk, photo 7728485), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
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The John Cage organ ('Organ²/ASLSP') in St Burchardi
Photo: Wikipedia-ce (Wikimedia user), public domain
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The Jules Rimet Trophy
Photo: El Gráfico no. 2440, 12 July 1966 (photographer unknown). Public domain.
Licence: Public domain (PD-AR-Photo) · Source
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The Liberty Bell
Photo: Tony Fischer (Tony the Misfit on Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 (per the Commons Flickr review; the Flickr page later showed CC BY-SA 2.0 — both allowed) · Source
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The Lunar Roving Vehicles of Apollo 15
Photo: NASA (Johnson Space Center), AS15-88-11901
Licence: Public domain (NASA) · Source
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The Lycurgus Cup
Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Licence: CC BY 2.5 · Source
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The marble standard metre at 36 rue de Vaugirard
Photo: LPLT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Mary Rose
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The match balls of the 1930 World Cup final
Photo: Ben Sutherland (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Maya Codex of Mexico (formerly the Grolier Codex)
Photo: Maya Codex of Mexico (formerly Grolier Codex), c. 1100 CE, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-old; faithful reproduction of a pre-Columbian 2D work) · Source
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The Megalosaurus jaw
Photo: the paleobear (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Oxford Dodo
Photo: Frisbii / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Oxford Electric Bell (Clarendon Dry Pile)
Photo: DavidCWG, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Phaistos Disc
Photo: Gleb Simonov, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 (object public domain, PD-Art/PD-old-100) · Source
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The platypus type specimen
Photo: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK 1979.2184), CC BY 4.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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The Portland Vase
Photo: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Licence: CC BY 2.5 · Source
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The Post-it Note
Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 · Source
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The Rijksmuseum’s ‘Moon rock’
Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NG-1991-4-25). Public domain.
Licence: Public domain (Rijksmuseum, PDM 1.0) · Source
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The Roman 'Swiss Army knife'
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Rover safety bicycle of 1885
Photo: Jonathan Cardy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Game of Ur rules tablet
Photo: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Society’s Newton reflecting telescope
Photo: Popular Science Monthly, vol. 69 (November 1906). Public domain.
Licence: Public domain (PD-US, published 1906) · Source
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The Sholes & Glidden Type Writer (1874)
Photo: Tony Casillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
Photo: Dave Jones (EEVblog), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 2.0 · Source
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The Speyer wine bottle (Römerwein)
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Spirit of St. Louis
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LCCN 2011633149)
Licence: Public domain (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress; PD-Highsmith) · Source
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The Stanley Cup
Photo: Alex Goykhman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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The Star-Spangled Banner
Photo: National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress; PD-old-70-1923) · Source
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The Syltholm birch-pitch 'chewing gum'
Photo: Jensen et al., Nature Communications 10, 5520 (2019), CC BY 4.0 – cropped from Fig. 1
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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The Tabula Peutingeriana (Austrian National Library, Vienna, Cod. 324)
Photo: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 324, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art, PD-old) · Source
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The Tarkhan Dress
Photo: Nic McPhee, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The teddy bear
Photo: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (CC0)
Licence: CC0 1.0 (Smithsonian Open Access) · Source
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The Tiara of Saitaphernes
Photo: Robert Munro, Archaeology and False Antiquities (1906), plate XVIII; scan: Internet Archive Book Images / Library of Congress, public domain
Licence: Public domain (published 1906; Internet Archive Book Images, no known copyright restrictions) · Source
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The Treasury warrant for the purchase of Alaska
Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (public domain)
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment
Photo: John Mainstone, University of Queensland (white-background version by Amada44), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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The Vinland Map
Photo: Yale University / Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (image via Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2002), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: Public domain (PD-Art; PD-US-no notice) · Source
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The Voyager Golden Record cover
Photo: NASA/JPL (GPN-2000-001978). Public domain.
Licence: Public domain (NASA) · Source
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The Voynich manuscript (Beinecke MS 408)
Photo: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University (public domain)
Licence: Public domain · Source
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The Winchester Round Table ('King Arthur's Round Table')
Photo: Andy Li (Onthewings), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Wood’s cycads (Encephalartos woodii) at Durban Botanic Gardens
Photo: Bernard DUPONT (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
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The wreck of Shackleton's Endurance
Photo: Frank Hurley, 1915. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ON 26 -12)
Licence: Public domain (PD-Australia; PD-1996) · Source
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The Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer
Photo: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, via DPLA / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Licence: CC0 · Source
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The zip fastener
Photo: Oto Zapletal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Source
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The ‘Haarlem Archaeopteryx’
Photo: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Tim Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Tutankhamun's iron-bladed dagger
Photo: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY 3.0 (dual-licensed with GFDL) · Source
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Velcro hook-and-loop tape
Photo: Trazyanderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Wedgwood's Frog Service for Catherine the Great (1773–74)
Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Licence: CC0 1.0 (photo); the plate itself is public domain · Source
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