“Painting of one of the last slave sales in St. Louis, based on a description from ‘The Crisis,’ a novel by St. Louisan Winston Churchill.“ Attributed to M. Hermandez Arevalo, 1908.
Gentlemen carrying torches visiting the catacombs in Paris, France. Colored aquatint by Richard Brinsley Peake, 1816.
“Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The hand of a Japanese soldier killed by a bomb blast is seen in the rubble which covered the island.” Taken by Edward Steichen, March 1945.
“Coffin broadside printed to discredit presidential candidate, Andrew Jackson, who had approved the execution of mutinous militiaman, David Morrow, in 1815.” Printed in July 1828.
"Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima during the Battle of the Yellow Sea." Colored woodblock print by Kobayashi Teikō, 1896.
“People visiting the morgue in Paris to view the cadavers. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake, 1816.”
Sculptures by Bruce Mahalski made from a mix of human and animal bones
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Photograph of a young girl taken just after the deadly explosion in Beirut 4 years ago. The photographer, Rodriguez Najarian, captioned it "between blood, tears, and a lost smile"
“The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital.” WWI watercolor painting by William Orpen, 1917.
Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, c.1892 was the first medical school that allowed women to attend. Here are some students in the dissection room
Real human face and skull disarticulated and hung on wire (from the Body Worlds exhibit)
Model depicting the beginning of the Chinese execution method of Lingchi, also known as death by a thousand cuts. It was possibly made for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
X-ray showing shrapnel lodged in a leg probably of a wounded Allied soldier, c. 1915.
“The late events in Paris: A woman shot at the Louvre for spreading petroleum.” Wood engraving of a scene from the Paris Commune published in June 1871.
A case of amputation instruments including saws and knives, European, c. 1750-1800.
Two business cards (aka trade cards) from a seller of human skeletons printed in 1791 & 1797
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Human remains littered among the remnants of ships and aircraft carriers. Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia. More info in the comment section.
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These photos of a dying marine and his friend were known in the press as the "Corpsman in Anguish" series. They were taken by war photographer Catherine Leroy during a battle for Hill 881 in Khe Sanh, 1967. More info in comments and captions
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The "Knife Angel" sculpture was created by artist Alfie Bradly to honor the victims of knife crimes in the UK. The sculpture is 27 feet high and contains approx. 100,000 knives, a number of which were donated by police. Many of knives still have trace evidence and bodily fluids on them.
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The dissecting room, Cambridge Department of Anatomy, 1888
Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. Photographer: Mohammed Salem
“Section of braided rope, believed to be a part of the rope which was used to hang Dr. Walter H. Maxwell, who was incarcerated in the St. Louis City Jail for murdering C. Arthur Preller at the Southern Hotel in St. Louis in 1885.”
“Painting of one of the last slave sales in St. Louis, based on a description from ‘The Crisis,’ a novel by St. Louisan Winston Churchill.“ Attributed to M. Hermandez Arevalo, 1908.
Gentlemen carrying torches visiting the catacombs in Paris, France. Colored aquatint by Richard Brinsley Peake, 1816.
“Results of one of the war's fiercest struggles, the fight for Iwo Jima, lie in sorry heaps all over the island. The hand of a Japanese soldier killed by a bomb blast is seen in the rubble which covered the island.” Taken by Edward Steichen, March 1945.
“Coffin broadside printed to discredit presidential candidate, Andrew Jackson, who had approved the execution of mutinous militiaman, David Morrow, in 1815.” Printed in July 1828.
"Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima during the Battle of the Yellow Sea." Colored woodblock print by Kobayashi Teikō, 1896.
“People visiting the morgue in Paris to view the cadavers. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake, 1816.”
Sculptures by Bruce Mahalski made from a mix of human and animal bones
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Photograph of a young girl taken just after the deadly explosion in Beirut 4 years ago. The photographer, Rodriguez Najarian, captioned it "between blood, tears, and a lost smile"
“The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital.” WWI watercolor painting by William Orpen, 1917.
Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, c.1892 was the first medical school that allowed women to attend. Here are some students in the dissection room
Real human face and skull disarticulated and hung on wire (from the Body Worlds exhibit)
Model depicting the beginning of the Chinese execution method of Lingchi, also known as death by a thousand cuts. It was possibly made for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
X-ray showing shrapnel lodged in a leg probably of a wounded Allied soldier, c. 1915.
“The late events in Paris: A woman shot at the Louvre for spreading petroleum.” Wood engraving of a scene from the Paris Commune published in June 1871.
A case of amputation instruments including saws and knives, European, c. 1750-1800.
Two business cards (aka trade cards) from a seller of human skeletons printed in 1791 & 1797
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Human remains littered among the remnants of ships and aircraft carriers. Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia. More info in the comment section.
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These photos of a dying marine and his friend were known in the press as the "Corpsman in Anguish" series. They were taken by war photographer Catherine Leroy during a battle for Hill 881 in Khe Sanh, 1967. More info in comments and captions
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The "Knife Angel" sculpture was created by artist Alfie Bradly to honor the victims of knife crimes in the UK. The sculpture is 27 feet high and contains approx. 100,000 knives, a number of which were donated by police. Many of knives still have trace evidence and bodily fluids on them.
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The dissecting room, Cambridge Department of Anatomy, 1888
Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. Photographer: Mohammed Salem
“Section of braided rope, believed to be a part of the rope which was used to hang Dr. Walter H. Maxwell, who was incarcerated in the St. Louis City Jail for murdering C. Arthur Preller at the Southern Hotel in St. Louis in 1885.”
