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On the Spot: Kathleen DuVal
Hertha Ayrton in her laboratory, by J. Russell & Sons, 1910. With permission from the Mistress and Fellows, Girton College, Cambridge.
How Hertha Ayrton Made Waves
Marginal illustration showing the expulsion of Jews, the Rochester Chronicle, 1355. British Library/Bridgeman Images.
Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews
Soldiers of the International Brigades returning from the front, March 1937. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe. Public Domain.
The Afterlives of the International Brigades
The love letter, by Johannes Vermeer, c.1669-70. Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.
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