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This is an image of Edith crying on the chair. She recognizes the wrongful nature of the love and attachment she possesses for Raye, and this causes her immense grief. This illustration depicts this event as it occurs in the story, "On the Western…

Harry McVickar drew 30 illustrations for the second edition of An International Episode, published in 1892. Of those images, 12 depict women and 13 depict men. What stands out the most is the difference in body language between McVickar’s portrayal…

Accompanying the text are 21 “decorations,” as the book describes them, done by Albert D. Blashfield. The decorations appear in the front of the book after the title page and before the publishing and copyright information, on the dedication…

Yoko Ono tweeted out this image on the anniversary of Lennon's assassination in 2015. She is using Lennon and his untimely death due to gun violence, as a way to inspire others to end gun violence. Lennon and Ono were very big peace activists, so it…

The illustrations show the different perspectives of two different mental institutions during 1840s England. The first image is the outside of the building. Here, one sees nothing out of the ordinary. It looks like a castle with people walking…

This artifact is a series of images collected from The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. The images themselves are provided by the illustrator Luke Fildes. This book is easily accessible now that penguin prints this book for the masses. But…

According to publisher Penny Layne, "This video was taken at 10:50pm on December 8th, 2011 at the John Lennon Memorial in Strawberry Fields in Central Park, NYC. The video begins at moment of silence, taken at 10:50pm every year at the memorial, the…

The Brothers arrive in Pittsburgh, a town which was newly chartered in 1816 and only had a population of 7,248 according to the upcoming 1820 census.

This first edition of Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time" is a re-bound novel encased in a boring, black hardcover. This text is Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, and the history behind the publication of this collection is…

A news article recounting the efforts of the people of Wilmington to reopen Dot's Restaurant after the destruction of the building during Hurricane Irene. It tells the story of how the owners of Dot's, John and Patti Reagan, as well as the people of…