Are You Willing to Allow the Footsteps
Image source: Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise, 1851.
Dreams Fly in the Night
Source: Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies by British Museum; Ernest Edward Austen, 1906.
Source: Picturesque Lodges by John Birch, 1879.Dream Institute
Source: An Illustrated Manual of Popular Dental Instruction, Aldine Printing House, 1894.
Source: New York Shopping Guide, 1870.
Source: New York Shopping Guide, 1870.A Summer's Diversion
Source: Catalogue of a Valuable Assemblage of Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals by Sotheby, S. Leigh & Co., 1849.
Dream Journey Artisans
Source: The Case of the Journeymen Bakers by William Augustus Guy, 1865.
The Moving Parts of Dream Machines
Image source: Cotton Spinning by American School of Correspondence, 1909.
Dream-Printing Machine
Image source: Cotton Yarn Printing by Cassella Color Company, 1910.
Image source: Brain Surgery by Moses Allen Starr, 1893.
Image source: Whirlpools by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1910.Dreams of Your Earliest Years
Image Source: Children's Toys by Twynihoe William Erle, 1877.
Dream Bingers
Source: Binghamton Best Ready Mixed Paint by Binghamton Paint & Color Co., c1880.
Good Dream Co.
Text source: Magnificent Offers by Champion City Greenhouses (Springfield, Ohio), 1898.Images source: Airships Past and Present by Alfred by Hildebrandt, and W. H. Story, 1908
Source: Wm. Eaton's Patent Washing Machine, by Wells Brothers, 1872.
Source: Creamery Butter Making by John Michels, 1904.Dream Motive
Source: The Evolution of the Steam Locomotive, 1803 to 1898 by G. A. Sekon, 1899.
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