Edgar Allan Poe lurks at right in this early daguerreotype of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, 1842/3 (A Glorious Enterprise)
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dang this 1855 book on manners is harsh on the good ol’ American Way Of Sitting
Victorian Era Fangirl Guide: Bizarre Victorian fact of the day...
Because of the cramped conditions they were forced to live in, most lower class Victorian people had no equipment or even basic knowledge of how to cook for themselves. Therefore they would buy almost all of their food from street vendors. In London there were thousands of these vendors with…
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A 19th century taxidermy display. The Victorians were avid collectors. The aspiring social climbers of the middle classes were particularly keen on displaying an enormous range of unusual objects in their homes. Curiosity cabinets full of strange bones, shells, poison bottles, archaeological relics, hunting trophies or weapons from exotic places were an essential piece of furniture for any Victorian living room and every available surface would be covered with vases and ornaments to make the owners appear wealthy and cultured.
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