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Crinoline: The Victorian Fashion Garment That Killed Around 3,000 Women
Unlike the farthingales and panniers, the crinoline was worn by Victorian women of every social class. In his etiquette manual published in 1875, George Routledge criticized London housemaids for...
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Color Photos Showing Life In Japan In The 1860s – 1900s
Prisoner, 1860 Woman in front of the mirror, photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried, 1860 Two tattooed men, photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried Pilgrim going up Fujiyama, photographer Kimbei...
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Grenade Launchers Used from the 1500s Through the Early 1800s
The hand mortar is an early example of a grenade launcher used in the late 17th century and 18th century. Designed to throw an exploding grenade a further distance, and with more accuracy than could be...
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How to Date Old Photos
Identifying an old photo isn’t as hard as you would think it would be. There are a few easy ways to identify old photos given how fast the photographic processes changed during the late 1800s and early...
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The Last Days Of The Civil War In Atlanta (12 Photos)
During the late summer and early fall of 1864, the city of Atlanta became the spot for a major battle of the Civil War a the Union Army pushed south from Tennessee. The two armies clashed in various...
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33 Portraits Of Abraham Lincoln from 1846-1865 (In Chronological Order)
1846 – This daguerreotype is the earliest confirmed photographic image of Abraham Lincoln. It was reportedly made in 1846 by Nicholas H. Shepherd shortly after Lincoln was elected to the United States...
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A California Town Where the Dead Outnumber the Living by a Thousand to One
Colma, a quiet town in California is home to 1,700 living residents and over 1.5 million dead ones. Most of the town’s forever-silent population are people who lived and died in San Francisco. In the...
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A Once Booming Mining Town Is Now A Perfectly Preserved 20th Century Time...
Once a booming mining camp, Bodie, California, just east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, is now a perfectly preserved time capsule of life in the early 20th century. School lessons are still written on...
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Which Presidents Are on Your Money?
Who, for example, is on the $10,000 bill — and what ever happened to that bill? The post Which Presidents Are on Your Money? appeared first on History Daily.
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Swill Milk: The Milk Stations That Saved the Lives of City Kids
Milk stations popped up everywhere: City Hall Park, Mott Street, Cherry Street, Washington Street, East 66th Street, Lenox Avenue, and eventually Columbus Circle (photo below, circa 1930), run by...
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The Secret Message Inside Lincoln’s Pocket Watch
Before Abraham Lincoln became President, he was a successful lawyer in Illinois. As he came up in the world, he bought an 18-carat gold pocket watch from a jeweler named George Chatterton. In the years...
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In 1897, A Ghost’s Testimony Was Used as Key Evidence to Convict a Man of Murder
In 1897, Elva Zona Heaster was found dead in her home, apparently from natural causes. Her body was discovered by a boy who had been sent to the home by her husband of only a few months, Edward Shue....
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Photos of People in Their Victorian-Edwardian Living Room Over 100 Years Ago
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View ArticleIt Took 125 Years Before Scientists Realized What This Van Gogh Painting...
Vincent Van Gogh died having sold just one painting during his lifetime. He committed suicide with little recognition of his life’s work, and we’re only just beginning to realize what a true genius he...
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Train Travel in the 1800s
The Pullman Palace Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the...
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The 152-Year-Old Story Behind This Civil War Era Submarine
In 2001, marine archaeologist Jim Delgado was on a cruise ship near the uninhabited island of San Telmo, in the Pearl Archipelago in Panama, when someone told him of the tale of a shipwrecked WWII...
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The Mystery of the Margate Shell Grotto
In 1835 a labourer was digging a field just outside the English seaside town of Margate. His work was interrupted when he thrust his spade in to the soil and it vanished into the ground. The master of...
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Olive Oatman: The Girl With the Tattooed Face
Olive Oatman was born in Illinois in 1837. In 1850, when she was 14, Olive and her family – her parents and her six siblings – joined a wagon train to travel to California. The Oatman family eventually...
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The Arctic Mummification Of John Torrington And The Franklin Expedition
Over 170 years ago, two ships left England never to return again. Now known as Franklin’s lost expedition, many details regarding this tragic journey still remain a mystery. Having successfully served...
View ArticleBasilica de la Sagrada Familia: Constructed in 1882 and Won’t Be Finished...
One of the most interesting construction projects of our time is this church located in Barcelona, Spain. Construction has begun on March 19, 1882, and is scheduled to finish in 2026! Check out this...
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