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• Alexander Hamilton, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Samuel Dexter, Albert Gallatin, George W. Campbell, Alexander J. Dallas, William H. Crawford, Richard Rush, Samuel D. Ingham, Louis McLane, William J. Duane, Roger B. Taney, Levi Woodbury, Thomas Ewing, Walter Forward, John C. Spencer, George M. Bibb, Robert J. Walker, William M. Meredith, Thomas Corwin, James Guthrie, Howell Cobb, Philip Francis Thomas, John Adams Dix, Salmon P. Chase, William P. Fessenden, Hugh McCulloch, George S. Boutwell, William Adams Richardson, Benjamin Bristow, Lot M. Morrill, John Sherman, William Windom, Charles J. Folger, Walter Q. Gresham, Daniel Manning, Charles S. Fairchild, Charles Foster, John G. Carlisle, and Lyman J. Gage (created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, prepared and nominated by Godot13) A collection of engravings of all United States Secretaries of the Treasury up to 1902. As the Secretary of the Treasury oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, said secretaries formed part of a series by the Bureau, which is a particularly useful resource to Wikipedia.
• Lilium bulbiferum (created by Uoaei1, nominated by Crisco 1492) Lilium bulbiferum, better known, perhaps, as the tiger lily, is a popular perennial garden plant, growing every year from bulbs in the soil, with bright orange flowers. Its Latin name refers to bulbs that form on the stem, and drop to the ground, propagating the plant. It is native to the mountains of central and southern Europe.
• Roundhay Garden Scene (created by Louis Le Prince, nominated by Alborzagros) Very early films - and this is the earliest film surviving - didn't necessarily need to be particularly deep to be interesting. The sight of a moving picture being displayed would be sufficient in itself. Not all of the filmstock survives, but this is likely to be representative of the whole: People walking around a garden, one walking backwards.
• Cambridgeshire, England
  . The image, I think, speaks for itself, and concludes this report.
• shorebird
  with a wide range. It has black and white plumage with long, bright pink legs.
• Indian yellow-nosed albatross (created and nominated by JJ Harrison) The Indian yellow-nosed albatross appears a little misnamed. I mean, isn't one of the first lessons in ornithology that birds have beaks and bills, not noses? Nonetheless, this lovely photograph gives an easy view of the gilded schnoz.
• Lesser whistling duck (created and nominated by JJ Harrison) This whistling duck's tune may not yet be for our ears, but skilled bird photographer JJ Harrison has made its face available for a song.
• The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (directed by John Emerson, distributed by Triangle Film Corporation, and nominated by GamerPro64) A parody of Sherlock Holmes, particularly emphasizing Holmes' cocaine addiction, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) stars Douglas Fairbanks, and was written by Tod Browning and Anita Loos.
• Venezuelan peso (created by the Government of Venezuela, nominated by Godot13) A one-peso note from the First Republic of Venezuela, issued a mere two months after the country declared its independence from Spain. This note, as with all recent banknote images, was scanned by Godot at the National Numismatic Collection, which holds this specimen.
• ColecoVision (created by Evan Amos, nominated by Crisco 1492) The ColecoVision, released in 1982, was a fairly popular console, and its arcade ports considered of better quality than those of Atari. However, the console's creator, Coleco, was driven out of the industry after the 1983 crash.
• Roses. Marie Krøyer seated in the deckchair in the garden by Mrs Bendsen's house (created by Peder Severin Krøyer, nominated by Belle) Krøyer's Roses, completed in 1893, depicts his wife Marie and his dog relaxing under a rose bush. Which of the three he considered most beautiful is lost to the annals of time.
• Allegory of Vanity (created by Antonio de Pereda, nominated by Hafspajen) Although the word vanity may make us think of Carly Simon, de Pereda had a rather different concept in mind: futility, the "meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits". In this painting, an angel holds dominion over earthly concerns... though the collection of skulls is admittedly a bit large.

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  A magnificent view of the lantern and nave of Ely Cathedral
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  Roses. Marie Krøyer seated in the deckchair in the garden by Mrs Bendsen's house,

  P.S. Krøyer

  (1893)

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• What should I look at or notice to play the "Which is not like the others" game? Do I play this in every section? Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:53, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The three portraits at the top. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:08, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Darn it. My answer was going to involve cocaine. GamerPro64 20:21, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • She don't lie now, does she? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:50, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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