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  Ambiguous Skulls
AhaSkulls are a popular theme. Most often the theme is used of two talking people forming a skull from a distance. The image "All is vanity" seems to be generating most of the mail.
All is vanity - Charles Allen GillbertRating

All is vanity Often-imitated original of the people-skull theme.
Derived : Retroactive
Sites : SandlotScience
Number of ratings : 27.
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Ballerina in a Death's-Head - Salvador DalíRating

Ballerina in a Death's-Head Both a ballerina and a skull.
Number of ratings : 42.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1939
Human Skull Consisting of Seven Naked Women's Bodies - Salvador DalíRating

Human Skull Consisting of Seven Naked Women's Bodies Photograph by Philippe Halsman after a drawing by Dalí. Why do you never see this in those Dalí books ?
Number of ratings : 37.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1951 :: Poster Poster
Heart of Stone - Rating

Heart of Stone Cover of Cher's album Heart of Stone. This cover was quickly replaced by a normal picture of Cher, because so many people thought it was so ugly. The original cover is now a collector's item.
Number of ratings : 16.
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Pierrot's Love, L' Amour de Pierrot - Rating

Pierrot's Love A French postcard from the beginning of the previous century. Pierrot and Columbine, or a skull ?
Number of ratings : 16.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1905
Retroactive, Retroactive - Nels IsralsonRating

Retroactive Cover of Def Leppard's album.
Original : All is vanity
Number of ratings : 11.
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The Russian imperial family, La famille impériale de Russie - Rating

The Russian imperial family French postcard from the beginning of the previous century.
Number of ratings : 10.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1906
Judge magazine - Rating

Judge magazine Cover of Judge Magazine, may 19 1894. The text on the cover is : DEATH TO OUR INDUSTRIES ! That is what the Cleveland - Wilson conspiracy means. The reason for the protest is the Wilson tariff bill on the table.
Number of ratings : 8.
Rate Rate :: Year : 1894
 
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