Showing posts with label 1890s problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1890s problems. Show all posts
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Victorian False Eyelashes

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"The beauty of the eye lies in its expression, whether it has borrowed its color from the corn flower, or shines like the black diamon...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Jobs for Women: the Angel in the Workforce

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For 465 years, from 1377 to 1835 [the Ship and Turtle Tavern] was run by a succession of widows. During the Victorian era, the Ship and...
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Victorian Teenagers Gone Wild

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The girl in the top left corner has a mischievous face. Throughout history, teenagers have rebelled against their parents. Popular psyc...
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

How Bram Stoker Reanimated Mummies

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"...the consciousness of the mummy does not rest but is to be reckoned with." - Bram Stoker Why are mummies so scary? They do...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Popular Perceptions of Electricity in the 1890s

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If you lived in a major city, like London, electricity had become part of your everyday life by the 1890s. You might not have it in your...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Perfect Woman

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"The Crush," by Charles Dana Gibson. Perfection in humans is inarguably subjective, but as I've written a post on the perf...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Poop in (Victorian) Beards

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Nowadays, when you mention the long beard trend, most people immediately think of hipsters; I still think of the Victorians. With the news t...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Lady Meux and Egyptology

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Portrait by James Abbott McNeill Whistler Lady Meux typifies the type of 1890s woman I adore most of all. She was eccentric, incredibly...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Best of Writers in London in the 1890s

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There's a widget tin the column on the left that lists my most popular posts. The things that appear there sometimes surprise me. Now ...
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