30 Lovely Tintypes Capture Men Posing With Their Dogs in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteA found tintype collection that shows men posing with their dogs for photographing from the 19th century. See […]
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Victorian Mustache Spoon: The Special Spoon Which Used to Protect the Mustache When Eating Soup!
This post was originally published on this siteMustaches flourished all throughout the Victorian years. Great gobs of wax were melted and then applied to the […]
A Gallery of 50 Bizarre Initiation Devices From the DeMoulin Museum
This post was originally published on this siteSpanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation […]
Horse Exercise at Home: Vintage Vigor’s Horse-Action Saddle Ads From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteVigor’s Horse-Action Saddle, a home exercise machine, appeared on the market in the 1890s. The machine’s concertina-like casing […]
The Moustache Cup: The Special Tea Cup Used by the Victorian Men to Protect Their Mustache
This post was originally published on this site“A lip without a mustache is like a body without clothing.” – Guy de Maupassant The late 19th […]
Female Hysteria: When Victorian Doctors Used to Finger Their Patients
This post was originally published on this siteIn the Victorian Era – specifically 1837 to 1901 – doctors treated woman by genital stimulation to induce […]
The First Sydney Post Office
This post was originally published on this siteAs the population of the colony grew, so did the volume of incoming mail. When ships arrived in […]
Horse Drawn Omnibus in Australia From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1880s Sydney’s main streets were laid with durable hardwood blocks. The city was filled with the […]
Gallery of 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London, 1890
This post was originally published on this siteA catalogue showing the entries for a competition to design a new tower for London. The year previous, […]
“The light has gone out of my life” – Teddy Roosevelt’s Diary Entry on the Day Both His Wife and Mother Died, 1884
This post was originally published on this siteOn Valentine’s Day of 1884, just 36 hours after the birth of their only daughter, Alice (named after […]
Amazing Colorized Photos Show What People Wore in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWhat did people often wore in the 19th century? Just check out these amazing colorized pics to see. […]
20 Fascinating Vintage Photos of a Young and Beautiful Colette From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteFamous as the author of Gigi, French writer Colette attracted much controversy during her long life. From her […]
Read Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Love Letters to His Young Hunk, Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas
This post was originally published on this siteIn June of 1891, Oscar Wilde met Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, a 21-year-old Oxford undergraduate and talented poet, […]
Smallpox Breaks Out in Sydney, 1789
This post was originally published on this siteSmallpox has been one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, though it is now eradicated in the wild. Europeans, including […]
Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: The Love of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas
This post was originally published on this siteLord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie, was a young aristocrat and poet, the youngest son of the Marquess of […]
Amazing Photos Show How Paris Has Changed Since the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteAn amazing photo collection shows what street scenes of Paris looked like in the 1880s and 1890s. The […]
14 Rare Photographs of Beatrix Potter Posing With Her Beloved Pets
This post was originally published on this siteHelen Beatrix Potter, known as Beatrix, was born on 28 July 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in […]
125 Reasons You Could End Up in a Lunatic Asylum in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteReasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia from 1864 to 1889 included laziness, egotism, […]
13 Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found
This post was originally published on this siteIt is not known when humans first began making clothing due to the fast deterioration of fabrics and […]
The Original Tattooed Lady: Portraits of Irene Woodward aka “La Belle Irene” in the Late 19th and Early 20 Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteLa Belle Irene was the stage name of Irene Woodward often refereed to as “The Original Tattooed Lady”. […]
29 Rare and Amazing Photos Capture City Scenes of Europe in the 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteA salted paper print collection of amazing photos that shows city scenes of Europe in the 1850s. View […]
Inside the Wanderer, the World’s Oldest Leisure Caravan in Existence
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Gordon Stables was born in Banffshire in 1838. After attending Aberdeen University, he became a surgeon in […]
Quilt, Tumbling Blocks With Signatures – Adeline Harris Sears, 1856
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1856, seventeen-year-old Adeline Harris, the daughter of a well-to-do Rhode Island mill owner, conceived of a unique […]
France in the Early Photography: 26 Rare and Fascinating Photos of French People From the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1800 in Paris, French photographer Louis Adolphe Humbert de Molard is interested in the first photographic techniques […]
22 Amazing Photographs That Capture Life of the U.S in the 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteThe History of Photography Archive is a private collection, owned by archivist Patrick Montgomery, of original 19th and […]