851
The Nemean Lion Parade burgonet of Charles V made by famed armorer Filippo Negroli in Milan c. 1541
852
Roman gold ring with a cameo bust of Minerva made from chrome chalcedony, ca. 1st century CE
Getty Museum
853
Cast of a dog from Pompeii, 79 CE. Photo by Claus Ableiter.
854
Victorian Prosthetic Arm, Europe, 1850-1910.
855
Betty White dressed in vintage 1940s clothing to celebrate the 75th tournament of Roses, 1963.
856
7000~8000 year old carving of a camel on a cliff in northern Saudi Arabia.
857
Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
859
Stone work at the Beji Griya Waterfall in Bali. Source: bit.ly/3wtFJbk
860
Badge of the Order of Santiago, made of gold, emeralds, and diamonds. Spain, 1670-1679
861
The gardener at Stonehenge mowing the lawn, c. 1955
862
President Carter and Rosalynn (Smith) Carter got married soon after Jimmy Carter's graduation from the Naval Academy in 1946.
863
A British blacksmith removing the leg irons off a slave, 1907.
864
A 2000-year-old giant cat geoglyph found amid Peru's famous Nazca Lines.
865
Retrieving bandages from the kit of a British dog during WWI, 1915
866
New Yorkers stop to watch the "Seinfeld" finale in Times Square, 1998. Photo by Ken Murray.
868
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, 1655–1670, Art Institute Chicago
869
A 17th-century Ottoman tent made of silk and gilded leather.
Dresden Armoury
870
This miniature ecosystem has been thriving in an almost completely isolated state since 1960. It has been watered just once in that time.
871
A British veteran of the Peninsular War posing with his wife for a portrait photograph in the 1860s.
872
Haid al-Jazil is a 500-year-old mud-brick village on top of a massive boulder. Wadi Dawan, Yemen.
873
Tea gown, France, ~1897. Owned by the Countess Greffulhe, who often chose clothing of a brilliant green color because it complemented her auburn hair.
874
Ancient Egyptian record of work absences, 1250 BCE. Currently in The British Museum.
875
John F. Kennedy campaigning Door-to-Door in West Virginia, 1960
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