Images Dated 24th March 2010

Ira D. Sankey, composer and evangelist

An illustration from "The Family Friend" published by S.W. Partridge & Co. (London, 1875). Ira D. Sankey, the composer in the partnership of Moody and Sankey. They were an evangelical duo who wrote Christian songs and traveled throughout the United States and the United Kingdom calling people to God through their use of song, with Moody preaching and Sankey singing. Together they published books of Christian hymns

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Le Geste Hereditaire

An illustration from a saucy publication depicts a smart gentleman stepping out with a woman in an advanced state of decolletage, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A Beautiful Collection

A collection of British moths, circa 1850. They include the dark crimson underwing, goat moth, common tiger moth, drinker moth, death's-head hawkmoth, Kentish glory, scarlet tiger moth, clouded buff, green silver-lines, broad-bordered yellow underwing, eyed hawk moth, five-spot burnet, Clifden nonpareil, six-spot burnet, privet hawk moth, treble-bar, leopard moth, lappet moth, puss moth, argent and sable moth, magpie moth, lime hawk moth, brimstone moth, beautiful golden Y moth, elephant hawk moth, large emerald moth, oak eggar, cream spot tiger moth and red underwing. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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