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Wilson Bentley, Snowflakes, 1902

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Barn Owls

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''When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.''

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A couple from Polesye in folk costumes. Postcard based on a drawing by W. Boratynsky.

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Cherry blossoming in Japan, taken by Ryu Haharu

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Legs of a woman wearing silver satin shoes, ca. 1928 - by Karl Schenker (1886 - 1954), Austrian

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Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

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1. Costume of the South Khanty people, belong to Ugric tribes, Siberia.

2.  Khanty family at River Ob in the village of Tegi

3. Khanty girls gathering berries

4. South Khanty embroidery

5. Khanty beaded necklace

The Khanty (in older literature: Ostyaks) are an indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek (Khanty), living in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as “Yugra” in Russia, together with the Mansi. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official status with Russian. The Khanty language is related to Finnish and Hungarian.

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Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

If you walk in your sleep remember my room number. Postmarked April 1912

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Romanian girls members of the Patriotic Guards youth wing, the PTAP (Pregătirea Tineretului Pentru Apărarea Patriei).