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April 10, 1633: Bananas Went on Display in Thomas Johnson’s Shop in London, It Was the First Time the Fruit Was Seen

April 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe British today love bananas: annual per capita consumption is 12kg, which equates to two bananas per person […]

Tintype of a Man Feeding a Doll

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This post was originally published on this siteThis bizarre image depicts a man tenderly cradling a baby doll, feeding it something from the dish on […]

Smile for the Camera: Hilarious Photos Show Victorian Women Having a Giggle by Posing for Funny Faces

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This post was originally published on this siteThere’s often an assumption that people from the Victorian era took everything super seriously. It’s probably because they […]

Victorian Taxidermy Animal Hats

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This post was originally published on this siteThis particular craze is perhaps an extension of the overall fascination with taxidermy, and the ways in which […]

30 Cool Pics Capture Victorian and Edwardian Women With Very Long Hairs

March 29, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVictorian and Edwardian eras definitely were weird. It was the time when women rarely cut their hair because […]

32 Amazing Found Photos Show Australian Post Offices in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

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This post was originally published on this siteA cool set of found photos from NSW State Archives that shows what New South Wales post offices looked […]

10 Rules for Teachers, and for Students in 1872

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This post was originally published on this siteYou couldn’t drink or smoke. In women’s cases, you couldn’t date, marry, or frequent ice cream parlors. And, […]

Alphonse Bertillon and the Ears Identification of Persons (1893)

March 6, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrench criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) was a key actor in the history of crime knowledge at the turn […]

Long Before Inline Skates Were a Thing, There Were Ritter’s Aptly Named Road Skates, ca. 1898

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This post was originally published on this siteLike inline skates, they were meant to free skating enthusiasts of those pesky iceless roads. As an advertisement […]

Amazing Photographs of the Mt. Lowe Railway’s Thrilling, Terrifying Circular Bridge From the Turn of the 20th Century

February 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCall it 19th-century L.A.’s idea of a thrill ride. Leaving the safety of granite slopes, trolley cars arced […]

16 Amazing Pics of the Children’s Book “Cinderella or the Glass Slipper” in 1896

February 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA set of amazing pics from Richard that shows 16 pages of the children’s book Cinderella or the […]

Picnic With the Babbs: 40 Fascinating Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Camden, Maine at the Turn of 20th Century

February 18, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTheresa Butler Parker (Babb) was born in Camden on January 23, 1868, the daughter of Moses L. and […]

24 Bizarre Vintage Photos of Steam Engines After a Boiler Explosion From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

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This post was originally published on this siteThere are many causes for boiler explosions such as poor water treatment causing scaling and over heating of […]

Rare and Amazing Pics Capture Irish Life From the Late 19th Century

February 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA small set of amazing photos from Paul O’Farrell that captured life of Ireland from the late 1800s and […]

Here’s an Authentic 16th Century Plague Doctor Mask Preserved and on Display at the German Museum of Medical History

February 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis authentic 16th century plague doctor mask has been preserved over the years and is currently on display […]

Riding Giant Mechanical Tricycles, 1896

February 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis giant eight man tricycle was indeed a promotional stunt, used to promote “VIM” tires made by the […]

22 Amazing Photos Capture the Alaska Gold Rush in the Mid-1890s

February 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteStarting in the 1870s, prospectors trickled into the Yukon in search of gold. By 1896, around 1,500 prospectors […]

35 Cool Pics Show Victorian Interior Styles of the Late 19th Century

January 22, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVictorian interiors feature beautiful colors, lots of ornate details, and skilled fakery to make the home a welcoming […]

45 Lovely Pics of Mothers With Their Little Children in the Mid-19th Century

January 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA set of lovely pics that shows mothers posing with their little children from between the late 1840s […]

38 Amazing Pics Document Everyday Life of the US in the 19th Century

January 18, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Old industries expanded […]

Life of Greenville, Texas in the Late 19th Century Through Amazing Photos

January 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteGreenville is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Dallas. […]

Original Goth? Portraits of French Actress Sarah Bernhardt, Who Liked to Wear a Stuffed Bat and Had a Coffin to Sleep

January 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteActress Sarah Bernhardt could be considered one the first goths: she had pets like a cheetah, a wolf […]

Victorian Readers: 40 Amazing Pics of People Posing With Books in the Mid-19th Century

January 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVictorians were great readers, and the number of novels available for them to read increased enormously during Victoria’s […]

20 Rare Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life of Ireland in the 19th Century

January 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIreland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922. For almost […]

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A Victorian Lady in Her Boudoir (1896) – The Britain’s Oldest Erotic Film?

January 8, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn her boudoir, supposedly free from prying eyes, a woman undresses to her petticoat before settling down to […]

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