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La main de gloire — a charm made from the hand of an executed man, believed to paralyze householders in their sleep to aid burglars.

Essais de sciences maudites. Writings on the forbidden sciences. 1891.

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An Inuit warms his wife's feet. Greenland, 1891 - 1892

Photographer: Robert Peary

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~ Francis Davis Millet, The Widow (1891) (detail)

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"Mare di Genova" (1891) ≋ Plinio Nomellini — oil on canvas, divisionist technique

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which outfit would you rather wear? (1891)

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Voting ended onMay 28

requested by: @edwardian-girl-next-door

request: pink dresses from the 1890s (1890-93 if possible)

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