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In this image is a custom Jackson King V Guitar. This instrument in particular is made to not only sound great but have a strong presence when utilized on stage. This guitar has an additional string compared to most others to allow the player to hit…

Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives was one of the first works of photojournalism. His photography revealed the horrible conditions of New York tenements. This photo illustrates the cramped, dirty condition of a New York tenement. I chose this photo…

This is a small alabaster sculpture I saw at the Met. It was made by Jacques Juliot in the mid 1500s. The piece shows the Virgin Mary on her deathbed and the apostles gathered around her. The apostles are each doing a classic action seen in the…

A sun damaged Second World War medal from 1940. On the front side of the medal is a portrait of the last Hungarian monarch of Hungary, King Matyas I Hunyadi who had ruled from 1458-1490. The reason for his appearance on the medal was to stoke…

Pictured in this photo is the box art for the board game "Blood On The Snow: The Battle of Suomussali" and the individual card pieces for the units that are controlled by the players. The art is reflective of the name of the game as it depicts Soviet…

The ceramic mug is a piece of pottery made in the village of Korond (Corond in Romanian) within the Székely Land region in Eastern Transylvania which has a majority population of ethnic Hungarians. The mug was bought from a family of potters, one of…

Escape from the Crazy Place, originally conveived by JJ Guest in 1984, is a collaborative work between about fifteen authors. In 2006 it was released online, described as an interactive round-robin novel. The novel works like a digital…

This is a photo of a bunch of trees in what looks to be a mountainous area. In the bottom left corner, you see the shadow of the man that is taking the photo. That man is actually singer/songwriter John Denver, who was very into photography as well…

The modern day basketball was not orginally used when the game was created. Soccer balls were used early on, and it was not until 1950 that the game adopted its own unique ball. The writing that was printed on the ball has been faded. That also…

This lamp's shaft is bendable and allows the head of the light to be moved in various directions and heights. The head is clear to allow more light to exit. The on and off is controlled through the knob on the back. The base has mulitple compartments…