VICTORIAN CULTURE (1837-1901).
Below are all the great Lenses in this group, so explore their wonderful sites relevant to Victorian Culture and remember to return to this lend to take part in our Poll on Famous Victorian People found at the bottom of this page, and to sign our Guest Book.
Victorian Royalty
Pluralis majestatis
Victoria, born 1819 was Queen from 1837 until her death in 1901. The Victorian era was at the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of significant social, economic, and technological change across the Western World.-
QUEEN VICTORIA EMPRESS OF INDIA
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W hen Willam IV died in June 1837, the English crown passed to his niece Victoria, who was just 18 years old. When Victoria died in 1901, her reign had lasted 63 years, the longest in British History before or since. Victoria ( Alexandrina Victoria...
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The Young Victoria
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Learn about The Young Victoria movie in the Victorian era - victorian dresses, fashions, food, customs, parties, even Christmas. The movie focuses on the romantic courtship and her legendary marriage to Prince Albert. The film begins in 18...
Victorian Railways and Trains
Victorian Architecture and Engineering
The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great Victorian Steam Trains and Victorian railways.-
Iron Duke - the Great Western Railway steam engine
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Later called the Alma class, and giving rise to the spin-off Rover class, the Iron Duke class were some of the Broad gauge engines used on the Great Western Railway. Once the successful Firefly class had been created, the Iron Duke was created as an...
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Brunel's Great Western Railway
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Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Great Western Railway was designed to be one of the fastest of its time. The railway was built on a wide gauge of 7 feet known as "broad gauge", designed to increase speed and passenger comfort, and it was jo...
Victorian Bridges and Tunnels
Victorian Architecture and Engineering
The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great bridge and tunnel architectural and engineering feats of the Victorian period.-
Royal Albert Bridge - Brunel's greatest viaduct
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The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash was one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's last engineering feats. Opened in 1859, he died the same year. Also called the Saltash Bridge or the Tamar bridge, the Royal Albert Railway Bridge is often seen as a monument to...
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Severn Tunnel - The Great Western's longest railway tunnel
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The Railway Tunnel under the Severn was built for the Great Western Railway. Already the constructors of the longest railway tunnel in the world, the Box Tunnel, they decided to create an even longer tunnel to link Wales with their rail network. Len...
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Box tunnel - the Great Western Railway Tunnel
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At the time it was built the Box Tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the world. Running between Bath and Swindon, through Box Hill, the tunnel was part of the Great Western Railway network built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Today it is still a v...
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Thames Tunnel - Marc Brunel's Underwater tunnel
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The first tunnel under a navigable river, the Thames tunnel was designed and built by Marc Isambard Brunel. His son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, acted as chief engineer.
Victorian Ships
Victorian Architecture and Engineering
The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great ship building feats of the Victorian period.-
The SS Great Eastern - Brunel's Great Ship
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The SS Great Eastern was the last project of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Dogged throughout with problems, it was also the project that broke him. The last, largest, and shortest lived of Brunel's Great Ships, the SS Great Eastern was in service from 18...
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SS Great Britain - Brunel's Iron Ship
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THE SS Great Britain was the first all iron ocean-going ship and passenger liner. Built by engineering genius Isambard Kingom Brunel in 1843, she initially took passengers across the Atlantic. Powered by propellors, she performed on the Atlantic run...
Great Victorian Structures
Victorian Architecture and Engineering
The Victorian era was without doubt a great period of innovation, invention and discovery, and here are some of the great architectural and engineering feats of the Victorian period.-
Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs
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The Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs were first built in 1854. Sculptures of extinct animals, they provide an insight into the early days of palentology, although they are now out of date. Designed by Richard Owen, the founder of the natural history mu...
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Alexandra Palace
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Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill, North London is impressive in its re-built Victorian vastness...the history of the Palace is no less impressive. Because it sits atop a hill, Alexandra Palace can be seen from various places in North London. It som...
Famous People
The Famous (and not so famous) who lived or contributed to the Victorian era
During the Victorian era many famous people lived and had a significant impact on society. The lenses featured here are just some of them. Vote for your favourite in our pole near the bottom of this lens.-
Henry Morton Stanley - 19th Century Explorer
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley, (born January 28th, 1841 – died May 19th, 1904), also known as *Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) in Congo, was a 19th-century Welsh-born journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for the...
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All About the Charles Dickens Classic "A Christmas Carol"
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Charles Dickens began writing his "Little Carol" in October, 1843 finishing it by the end of November in time to be published for Christmas with illustrations by John Leech. Feuding with his publishers, Dickens financed the publishing of th...
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Dr. David Livingstone - Famed Scottish Missionary and Explorer
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David Livingstone (born March 19th, 1813 – May 1st, 1873) was a Victorian era Scottish medical missionary and noted explorer of Africa. He is most widely known for his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the pop...
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Wild About Wilde!
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One of the most quoted people in history, Oscar Wilde is a favorite of mine! Novelist, poet, playwright and mighty clever fellow! Learn more about him and other great quotables here!
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Jerome K Jerome
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Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England on 2nd May 1859 to Jerome Clapp and Marguerite Jones. He is perhaps best known for his book 'Three Men in a Boat' a humourous account of three men, based on Jerome and two friends, travelling up the T...
More of the Greats
More famous people
During the Victorian era many famous people lived and had a significant impact on society. Below are more great lenses all about more famous people. Read on and enjoy.-
Alexander Graham Bell
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The telephone is unquestionably one of the most significant and radical inventions and subsequent human developments of all time. It changed the field of global communications forever and of course the Internet we are presently using could never have...
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Oscar Wilde on the Internet
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This is a lens about Oscar Wilde: but it's not here to retell his life story, the epic of his rise and fall, or the timeline of his written works; lots of fine lenses and other sites exist for that purpose. What we want to do here is introduce you to...
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The Not So Famous
Ordinary People and their contribution to society
Read these lenses and gleam a little on the lives of Ordinary People throughout history and in the Victorian Era, and their personal achievements.-
Grace Darling - the heroine of Longford Light
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The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Grace and her father went down in history for their daring rescue of the survivors of SS Forfarshire in 1838. Wrecked on the rocks in a storm, the ship broke in half. Grace and her father rowed through the storm...
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Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer
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Ada Lovelace was a woman of high class in the early 1800s. Her work on Charles Babbage's mechanical machine, which was essentially an early computer, earned her the distinction of being the very first person to write programs for a computer.
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The Not So Famous
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Every family has its black sheep, and if you dig deeply enough its heroes (often forgotten heroes). This lens is about those who through their own personal achievements have left their mark on society in some small way. People like T...
People
Men and women and people in society
We have the famous and we have the not so famous, and here we have ordinary people (who may or may not be so famous) but nevertheless are important to society.-
A Vintage Fine Art Celebration of WOMAN in all her glory!
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Blessed Virgin...Saint...Goddess...Witch...this lens series will focus on the Artistic Celebration of the many Faces of Woman. We shall discover The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood including the works of John William Waterhouse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, W...
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
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The first and only chief engineer of the London Board of Works, Sir Joseph Bazalgette is chiefly remembered for his work on the London Sewers. This work had the effect of ending the London Cholera epidemics, but also had the unintended side effect o...
Mysteries and Amazing Facts in History
Mysteries, Crime Mysteries and Amazing History in the Victorian era
There have always been mysteries in history and the Victorian era has its fare share. Browse these lenses to discover more.-
The Crimes of Jack the Ripper
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I've always been interested in true crime, especially cases that have yet to be solved. I suppose there's a part of me that would love to be the first to discover the identity of the murderer, however unlikely it might be. I've developed this lens for...
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Mysterious and Amazing History
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This lens is dedicated to the Earth, it's people, and it's mysterious and amazing history.
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COFFIN WAR
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He looked proud to be dead in his brand new, custom-made coffin. He was at peace and never would know what commotion his death and that coffin would cause over the next several weeks. Neither would I if I hadn't found this wonderful story in a Januar...
Art and Literature
Authors and Artists
Love good literature/Art? Then why not visit these lenses from people with a passion for the arts. Good lenses by Authors with a passion for writing, and their love for the Victorian era; and Artists who lived and worked in the Victorian era.-
Anne Whitfield Author
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I live in the beautiful Southern Highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. I'm married with three children and I write historical fiction and contemporary novels and short stories. The areas I have set my books include bo...
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The Poker Dogs of C.M. Coolidge
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C assius Marcellus Coolidge, born 1844 in upstate New York to Quaker parents, is the artist responsible for the famous paintings of poker playing dogs. He was a brilliant man with innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial instinct about art. He tried m...
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RECYCLED NEWS - San Antonio - 1881
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Who needs tabloids when you can read my collection of news from the 1881 issues of the San Antonio Light newspaper! The first issue of the Light hit the stands in January 1881. While San Antonian's might be the most likely to find my Recycled News l...
Fiction
Science Fiction - Historical Fiction - all with a Victorian twist, read it here
The 19th century saw the novel become the leading form of literature in English, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Jules Verne (1828-1905) are just two of many famous authors. The lens featured here has an interesting Victorian twist.-
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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What do you KNOW about Sweeney Todd? What do you THINK you know about Sweeney Todd? Are you sure? Read on...
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STEAMPUNK SPECULATIVE FICTION
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I love the steampunk genra of speculative fiction.It is my favorite besides cyberpunk. The victorian settings,incredible steam powered machines and contraptions can really stir the imagination.This lense will introduce you to this world in film,books...
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Sherlock Holmes
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Whether for back-to-school, birthday, Christmas, or the opening of the new Robert Downey, jr Sherlock flick, these goodies from Atomic Kommie Comics make the perfect gifts for your favorite Sherlockian, Baker Street Irregular or Holmesian! Most are E...
Cuisine
Cuisine, recipes, banqueting and any other appetising lenses on food
The Victorian's may not have invented food but they certainly enjoyed it, sometimes putting their own interpretation on old recipes that have been past down from generation to generation.-
Recipes from Grandma
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My Recipes from Grandma recipe blog contains many of the old recipes I have collected over the last 40 years - some from my grandmother, some from my mother-in-law, some from estate sales, some from friends, and some from magazines and newspapers. An...
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Wedding Cakes
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A lens helping people find wedding cake resources. This lens is intended to be a comprehensive source for the category of wedding cakes. Anything and everything about weddings and wedding cakes will eventually be added. I intend to provid...
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Culinary Herbs
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Sweet or culinary herbs are those annual, biennial or perennial plants whose green parts, tender roots or ripe seeds have an aromatic flavor and fragrance, due either to a volatile oil or to other chemically named substances peculiar to the individua...
Culture
All about Victorian Culture
Victorian Culture was rich and varied, visit these lenses and learn some more about that culture.-
The Victorian West: Books, Gifts & Information
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Sherry Monahan delves into the history of the Victorian Wild West. Sherry Monahan has been researching and writing about the Victorian West since 1995. Visit her websites to learn how the Victorians adapted to the western frontier. You...
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Pre-Raphaelite Art: Legends, Lore, and Ladies
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THE LEGENDS - of King Arthur and the knights, of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ophelia, of fairies, nymphs and magical beings. THE LORE - of Zeus and Apollo, Venus and Aphrodite, of all the richness of Greek mythology, from the heights of Mt. Olympus to...
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Victorian House Plans - Let's Remodel This Old House
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Renovate, remodel and repair your Victorian house. Find articles, house plans, photos and advertisements to help with your home remodeling project for your Victorian home.
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How to Bring Your History-Based Daydreams to Life! (Reenacting Arts Event Planning)
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From start to finish, this lens offers a how-to planning guide for creating history-based group activities, for fun or for profit. Do you have a favorite era in history that you daydream about every so often? Wouldn’t it just plain be fun...
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Just some of the great lensmaster featured in this group
Click on their images to see what other great lenses they have.Fashion
Includes Fashion in the Victorian Era
Fashion blossomed in the Victorian period. Browse these lenses to share in that fashion.-
Wild West Wear
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Period Costumes 1840s - 1870s Re-enactment Costumes for men and women Made to measure - specialising in size 18-28 For further information and Sales Contact Wild West Wear Email - webmaster@wild-west-wear.co.uk
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THE TRENDS OF 19C JEWELLERY
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This lens will look at the different trends & styles of Victorian Jewellery. From the begining of the 19c and the Victorians "new found wealth" and the jewellery worn by high societies "fashionista". Then to the middle of the century and the neo-Ren...
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Vintage Fashion Guild
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The Vintage Fashion Guild (VFG) is an international organization for vintage fashion professionals. We invite you to register and join us on our vintage clothing forums for discussion of vintage fashion related topics. Everyone with an inte...
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Research Vintage Clothing, Dating, Vintage Clothing Care, Fashion History, Fabric Identification & Resources
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Researching vintage clothing is the biggest part of selling & wearing vintage clothing. There are different elements of detail that stand out for each individual person, and knowing the era which it came is important when deciding what vintage pi...
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The Vintage Scarf
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The Vintage Scarf An Online Women's Vintage Clothing Store Specializing In Vintage Scarves And Accessories Catering Exclusively To You The Women! I created The Vintage Scarf to provide the most fashionable, comfortable and quality Vintage Scarves at...
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Members of Vicltorian Culture
Genealogy
Family History with a Victorian theme
Invariably, the wealth of family research is in the Victorian Era. The lens featured here gives an insight into that period.-
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A Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by George Burgess (1829-1905)
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George Burgess who visited America three times not only compiled his own scrapbook but he also wrote his own diary, poems, his religious thoughts and at least two books on Phrenology. In his diary he wrote about his life and his family; his children,...
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Peize (Drenthe) on a wiki
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Residents of Peize (near Groningen) have created 2,100 wiki articles about the people who have lived in their town since about 1660. Anyone who has found that relatives lived in or near Peize should search the free website. (Image is a GFDL version...
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Familypedia is great for genealogy
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I'm using a free cooperative website to further my family history. You can join us. In 2004 I discovered Wikipedia. Hooray! Then in 2005 I found that my serious passion, genealogy, was the subject of a FREE website that used the same easy markup...
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The World of Genealogy Research
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After spending a few years researching my own family tree I wanted to "branch" out a bit. I enjoy digging up new finds and not only strictly for myself. I love doing research in general and jump on the chance to look up informat...
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My Family Tree, Twigs and All
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This lens is focused on my own personal family genealogy with a little general genealogy added for spice. Here you will maybe find a cousin connection. But for sure you will find some helpful genealogy aids as well as things put here just for fun.
Innovations
Great Victorian Innovations and innovations inspired by the Victorian era
What impact did the Victorian era have on Innovations?-
U.S. Patent Reproductions
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We specialize in offering late 18th to 21th century U.S. Patent facsimiles of wrist & pocket watches, chains, fobs and other famous and/or curious inventions! We are proud to be the only internet purveyor specializing in horological patent reprod...
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American Recorders, Visionaries & Artists: Currier and Ives
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Currier & Ives' vision of America is as deeply rooted in our collective memory as the vision of any other America. At Christmas and Thanksgiving, it is often their artwork, their ideas that reach to...
Vintage Victorian
Vinctorian Vintage and Antiques
Lenses showing the best in Victorian Vintage and Antiques-
Vintage and Victorian Homemaking
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Finding an interest in the way of keeping home in time's past has helped me to be ever so thankful for the industrial age and the creation of the vacuum cleaner, refrigerator/freezer, electric stove/oven and oh good gracious the washing machine and d...
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Victorian Pitchers
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This Squidoo lens is a one stop shop for Victorian Pitchers of all different styles, shapes and colors sold in a variety of stores. Save time and money on your purchase of Victorian Pitchers because I've done all the work for you. :)
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Vintage Postcard Passion: Collector Topics
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Collecting vintage postcards has become a popular hobby. Who wouldn't treasure such beautiful miniature pieces of art? A vintage postcard collector's dream would be to own and display a bounty of artistic vintage postcard masterpieces, each crafted w...
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Vintage Clothing - The Length of the Skirt
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Vintage Clothing: Until nearly 100 years ago, the skirt had remained full length for hundreds of years. Hemlines began to be shorter in about 1915 and the long skirt length went through more changes until the mini skirt became popular in the 1960s. T...
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Memorabilia
Victorian of course
All said and done, the Victorian's did things in style, making memorabilia not just nostalgic but a thing of beauty. Why not visit these lenses and share in that beauty and nostalgia.-
Penny Black 1840
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T-shirts, sweatshirts and gift items for philatelists and stamp collectors everywhere with an elegant range of striking designs inspired by the world's first postage stamp - The Penny Black.
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Victorian Trade Cards
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Before radio and television, trade cards were considered a mainstay. These colorful, interesting cards were circulated to generate interest in a product. Nowadays, they are quite collectable--and beautiful.
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Holiday Shopping with Victoria's Curio exclusively on Ruby Lane
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Welcome! We at Victoria's Curio are collectors also and understand that there is not always room in a budget for extravagances. Yet, when we find a particularly lovely item, we are extremely pleased when it is nicely priced and in great vintage con...
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Victorian to Collectible Costume Jewelry and more.
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ridi2buy antiques, collectibles, & vintage jewelry. Collecting is a true illness! After 33 years of buying antiques & collectibles, we decided we needed to make some room for ourselves in our shrinking house. Right now the wife is selli...
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Handmade Victorian Cards
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Shop at Victorian Cards for beautiful one-of-a-kind handmade greeting cards designed using the original vintage postcards from the early 1900s. You also can add a vintage hanky to your greeting card, purchase a copper or silver frame for your postcar...
Collectables
Victorian Collectables
'All Kinds of Everything', Collectables about the Victorian era, including the Victorian era and/or produced during the Victorian period.-
John Player & Sons - Theatre Series of Cigarette Cards
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I wanted to share pictures of the Cigarette Cards as I think they're a lovely bit of Theatrical History and are of interest to other people. The cards were issued by John Player and Sons in 1916. You can normally find sets for sale on eBay.co.uk and...
Politics
Politics shaping Victorian Culture and Society
The Victorian era marks the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire and the beginnings of modern democracy as we know it today.-
The Chartists - C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote'
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C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote', in Britain. It was only in 1929 that women, in Britain, were granted the right to vote on the same basis as men. In the early C19th the majority of population irrespective of their sex did not have a...
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Josephine Butler
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Josephine Butler and her Role in the Campaign for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869. In the late 1860s there was a public outcry over the Contagious Diseases Acts. Foremost amongst those calling for the repeal of these...
Traditions
Christmas, weddings, celebrations and holidays
Many Traditions stem back far beyond the Victorian era were adopted, embraced and often enhanced by the Victorians in their image. And some of the more recent traditions, like Father's Day, were conceived by people born during the Victorian Era.-
Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day
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Fill the day with arts, crafts, science experiments and ways to say I Love You. Pour out your feelings of love throughout the day. But it's not Valentine's Day you say? No Problem, these activities adapt to any other day or holiday. You will find b...
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All about Tear Bottles
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A Lacrymatory is a tear drop bottle. These small terra-cotta or glass bottles for tears are a type of bottle found in ancient tombs. Tear bottles are also called unguentaria, unguentarium, tear catcher, and tear vial. Perhaps, in the past, they conta...
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DEAR DAD JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SAY
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Happy Father's DayAny man can be a Father, but it takes a special person to be called Dad. The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman born in...
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Wedding Traditions & Customs - Plus Historical Wedding Fashions - 1850 -1950
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By Sharon Stajda, I bet you can't wait to start planning your wedding? Perhaps you are giving some thought on how you can make the day extra special. Why not including some old wedding traditions or ethnic cultural...
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Victorian Life and Values
Welcome to the Nathanville Family History Lens on Victorian Life and values. A place from where you can learn about the Victorian way of life, politics, beliefs, values and much more.
On Nathanville you can learn about Phrenology; read Mother's Last Words by Mary Sewell, or browse the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess and learn more about Victorian values and views.Other lenses in this group offer a diverse range of Victorian interest and the Lensmasters featured on this page offer a wide range of other interest, so read on and explore.
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A Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess 1839-1905
A sample newspaper article from the scrapbook
Below is one of over 500 articles from the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess, which will be changed monthly. So bookmark this page and come back. THE MODEL BABY
An article from the Victorian Scrapbook by George Burgess (1829-1905) for December
It is the image of its father, unless it is the very picture of its mother. It is the best-tempered little thing in the world, never crying but in the middle of the night, or screaming but when it is being washed. It is astonishing how quiet it is whilst feeding. It understands everything, and proves its love for learning by tearing the leaves out of every book, and grasping with both hands at the engravings. It is the cleverest child that was ever born, and says "papa," or something very like it, when scarcely a month old. It takes early to pulling whiskers, preferring those of strangers. It has only one complaint, and that is the wind; but it is frequently troubled with it. It is the most wonderful child that was ever seen, and would swallow both its tiny fists if it was not for a habit of choking. It dislikes leaving home, rarely stopping on a visit longer than a day. It has a strange hostility for its nurse's cap and nose, which it will clutch and hold with savage tenacity if in the least offended. It is never happy but in its mother's arms, especially if it is being nursed by a gentleman. It prefers the floor to the cradle, which it never stops in longer than it can help. It is very playful, delighting in pulling the table-cloth off, or knocking the china ornaments off the mantelpiece, or upsetting its food on somebody's lap. It invents a new language of its own almost before it can speak, which is perfectly intelligible to its parents, but Greek to every one else. It is not fond of public entertainments, invariably crying before it has been at one five minutes. It dislikes treachery in any shape, and repels the spoonful of sugar if it fancies there is a powder of the bottom of it. Medicine is its greatest horror, next to cold water. It has no particular love for dress, generally tearing to pieces any handsome piece of finery, lace especially, as soon as it is put on. It inquires deeply into everything, and is very penetrating in the construction of a drum, the economy of a work-box, or the anatomy of a doll, which it likes all the better without any head or arms. It has an intuitive hatred of a doctor, and fights with its legs and hands and first teeth against his endearments. It has a most extraordinary taste for colours, imbibing them greedily in every shape, more especially from the wooden tenants of Noah's Ark, which are to be found in mouth of every baby. In fact, there never was a child like it, and the Model Baby proves this by surviving the thousands-and-one experiments of rival grannies and mothers-in-law, and outliving, to the athletic age of kilts and bare legs, the villainous compounds of Godfrey and Dalby, and the whole poison-chest of Elixirs, Carminatives, and Cordials, which babies are physically heirs to. Mother's Last Words
by Mary Sewell (1797 - 1884)
Mary Sewell, the mother of Anna Sewell (the author of `Black Beauty') was born into the Quaker faith in 1797, and lived at the Blue Lodge, Wick from 1858 to 1864. She had a great love of poetry and wrote `Mother's Last Words' (which sold millions of copies throughout the world) while living at Wick, near Bristol.Read Mother's Last Words on Nathanville
Group Discussion
Nathanville wrote...
Yes, it does fit in here, as your lens states "The tradition of tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian time period of the 19th century".
Posted February 20, 2009
CounselMom wrote...
Interesting group! I have a lens about Tear Bottles, which were used during the Victorian era and before. Does it fit here? http://www.squidoo.com/tearbottles Thanks!
Posted February 19, 2009
Nathanville wrote...
Yes most definitely, it falls within the Victorian Era and no doubt had some impact on Victorian culture. American Poker Dog is a very fine lens. [in reply to Aquavel]
Posted November 19, 2008
Aquavel wrote...
This is an awesome group! Lots of great information here too!
I'm not sure whether my new lens on
Posted November 18, 2008
PolyScholar wrote...
Great stuff here! I'll put in a plug for Charles Eastlake. His book Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details, published in 1872, profoundly altered the Victorian perspective on the decorative arts. Antique Victorian Furniture
Posted November 01, 2008
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The 'Famous' and 'Not So Famous'
Some notable characters from the Victorian Era
The Victorian era saw an explosion in culture world-wide. Many people, not all famous, made their contribution. Below are just a few who helped to make the Victorian times what it was?
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Victorian Writers
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Victorian Innovation
Pre Victorian
Pre Victorian Moments in History Moulding Victorian Society
Pre Victorian, people and events that may have influenced or impacted on Victorian Society.-
Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780
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Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...
Anyone else you wish to mention who impacted on Victorian society (1837-1901)?
Including those who died just before
For example although William Wilberforce (1759-1833) died just four years before the start of the Victorian Era his campaign against the slave trade had a very profound sociological and humanitarian effect on it.William Wilberforce a British politician, philanthropist, abolitionist and leader of the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade was the driving force behind the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade and the eventual abolition of slavery itself throughout the British Empire of the time. The Slave Trade Act received royal assent in 1807 and in 1833 the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act to give all slaves in the British Empire their freedom. Sadly slavery continued to exist for a few decades, notably in the Southern States of America, although the message of Wilberforce must undoubtedly have rung down those decades and assisted the abolition movements in other countries. And in fact slavery has never been totally eradicated from the world and is still a feature of many societies even today.
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Great Victorians
If you have any one in mind, enter them in the blurb below
Nathanville wrote...
Members need to log into Squidoo, then the options to join becomes clickable. [in reply to Robin_Forlonge_Patterson]
Posted April 10, 2009
Robin_Forlonge_Patterson wrote...
I would like to be associated with this splendid group, but I don't know how to. The phrase "Join Our Group!" is not clickable.
Posted March 08, 2009
Margaret_Schaut wrote...
By the way, did you know that Edison made the FIRST Frankenstein movie? You can see it here at www.squidoo.com/frankensteinsquids which was my test lens! Its very funny now!
Posted March 11, 2008
MidnightEden wrote...
I would suggest Josephine Butler - who I think does not receive the recognition she deserves. But then maybe I am just biased considering my lens ;-)
Posted October 03, 2007
giddygabby wrote...
Splendid group hq, Nathanville--a good example for the rest of us. Love all the informational modules, as well as the clean look, and the way you organize lenses so each one is highlighted, in a way.
Posted March 03, 2007
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1902 Encyclopedia (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th and 10th Editions)
The 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1875) was dubbed the "Scholar's Edition" due to the high quality of the articles and their authors (w...3 points
Victorian Era Lovers Topsites
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A Victorian Passage
All about how the Victorians lived and what they did.2 points
Recipes from Grandma
A recipe blog that contains old recipes collected over the last 40 years - some from my grandmother, some from my mother-in-law, some from estate sale...2 points
According To The Ninth
Essays on Britannica, 9th Edition (1875-1889).2 points
Victorian Station-Victorian decorating ideas and information about the victorian era.
Dedicated to Victorian enthusiasts, articles and photos of the victorian era including<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Queen Victoria, Victorian decorating and Victorian Architectur...2 points
The Antique Victorian Furniture Blog
This is a blog devoted to providing information on antique Victorian furniture. Well-written, entertaining, and informative.2 points
Penny Black 1840
T-shirts, sweatshirts and gift items for philatelists and stamp collectors everywhere with an elegant range of striking designs inspired by the world'...1 point
The Victorian Era Online
Experience the Victorian Era online. A greatly illustrated site about the Victorian era, including an online Victorian antique store. Offers extensive...1 point
Victorian Cards - Handmade Greeting Cards using Antique Postcards
Shop for beautiful handmade greeting cards made with the original Victorian postcards from the early 1900s. Check out the beautiful antique postcards!1 point
Bisybee Collectibles eBay ~ Barbie dolls & fashions
Earn cash back on ebay and other online purchases see my about me page!1 point
Glass Teapot
Cast iron teapot also known as tetsubin or cast iron tea kettle was used originally in Japan as kettle for boiling water which is done on an open fire...1 point
Native American Pottery | Pueblo Pottery | Acoma | Santa Clara | Mata Ortiz
Native American Pottery from Acoma, Santa Clara, Mata Ortiz, and other pueblos.1 point
Retford
Retford is located alongside the A1 motorway in nottinghamshire, England, UK.From the beginnings of around 1066 through to our present day, here we ta...1 point
Victorian Cabinets
Find Antique Cabinets Armoires Cupboards, and Antiques Furniture. Browse a huge selection of Pre-1800 and 1800-1900 and find exactly what you want now...1 point
Victorian Hairstyles Review
Looking good in a perilous world.1 point
Wedding gifts
Buy unique and quality Wedding Gifts online at best price from a1gifts.co.uk with fast UK delivery!1 point
vintage watches | antique jewellery | vintage jewellery | vintage cufflink
Cufflinks, Jewellery, Watches, Estate, Vintage & Antique Watches, Cufflinks & Jewellery. Visit our shop at the Sydney Antique Centre1 point
wild-west-wear.co.uk
Western Wear - Country and Western Clothing, Period Costumes 1840s - 1870s, Re-enactment Costumes for men and women made to measure - specialising in...1 point
Silver Rings
We offer a wide range of uniquely crafted silver rings with unique designs that ranges from different sizes and various designs that will adorn the fi...1 point
Silver Jewelry
Our eshop offers over 114,000 pieces of silver jewelry on stock for wholesale prices. Each one piece of jewelry, we offer, we have physically on stock...1 point
Women Suits
New spring collection arriving daily. Fantastic selection. Top online retailer: guaranteed satisfaction, superior customer service. Suits, skirts, tro...1 point
The Trade Card Place
Victorian Scrapbook0 points
Victorian Scrap Album
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GGGrandpa's Scrapbook Index
Free databases on The Ships List, where you can find passenger lists, fleet lists, pictures, ship pictures, shipping schedules, ship descriptions, wre...0 points
The Victorian Web: An Overview
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The History of Phrenology
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eBay Store - r.s.: r.s. prussia, tea set, ohme
A Collector's Place for Fine Porcelain, Antique, and Vintage items.0 points
Designer jewelry at a fraction of the cost--available to you!
SarasotaSweetie Designer jewelry offers you major designer jewelry at a fraction of the cost! We offer the hottest trendy looks along with modern to V...0 points
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Southwest and Native American-style jewelry! Plus Swarovski Crystals and earth-tone jewels!0 points
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Always adding unique gifts, collectibles and antiques. Quality hand picked with the customer in mind. Well-packed and quickly shipped. Returns accepte...0 points
http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/english/early-victorian.html
The history and major designs of early Victorian furniture in England.0 points
Voyages of a Steampunk Physician: July 2007
My simple attempt to connect Second Life, Victoriana, and the Steampunk genre0 points
Red Mill on the Norfolk Broads, a tribute to Victorian Engineering
Listed Escape; Self catered holidays in Norfolk and Val D'Isere.0 points
Elgin Pocket Watches, Vest Chains and Watch Fob
Elgin Pocket Watches for sale, Vest Chains buy Watch Fob at discounted prices. We offer everyone the ability to find the best bargains online, quickly...0 points
The Fine China Store
Welcome to The Fine China Store!We are retailers of Lenox, Royal Albert, Royal Doulton, San Francisco Music Box, Ambiance, MI Hummel, Thomas Kinkade,...0 points
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Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780
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Wedding Traditions & Customs - Plus Historical Wedding Fashions - 1850 -1950
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The SS Great Eastern - Brunel's Great Ship
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Brunel's Great Western Railway
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Vintage Clothing - The Length of the Skirt
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Handmade Victorian Cards
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The Poker Dogs of C.M. Coolidge
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assius Marcellus Coolidge, born 1844 in upstate more...0 points
Sherlock Holmes
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Pre-Raphaelite Art: Legends, Lore, and Ladies
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Iron Duke - the Great Western Railway steam engine
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Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs
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A Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by George Burgess (1829-1905)
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Royal Albert Bridge - Brunel's greatest viaduct
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Severn Tunnel - The Great Western's longest railway tunnel
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Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day
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Wild West Wear
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Oscar Wilde on the Internet
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SS Great Britain - Brunel's Iron Ship
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Vintage Postcard Passion: Collector Topics
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
The first and only chief engineer of the London Bo more...0 points
All about Tear Bottles
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Victorian Culture Headquarters
VICTORIAN CULTURE (1837-1901). History, people and more...0 points
Familypedia is great for genealogy
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STEAMPUNK SPECULATIVE FICTION
I love the steampunk genra of speculative fiction. more...0 points
The Vintage Scarf
The Vintage Scarf
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Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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Mysterious and Amazing History
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All About the Charles Dickens Classic "A Christmas Carol"
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Box tunnel - the Great Western Railway Tunnel
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Grace Darling - the heroine of Longford Light
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Victorian Christmas All Year!
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Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill, North London is more...0 points
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Holiday Shopping with Victoria's Curio exclusively on Ruby Lane
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Penny Black 1840
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The World of Genealogy Research
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American Recorders, Visionaries & Artists: Currier and Ives
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Wedding Cakes
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Dr. David Livingstone - Famed Scottish Missionary and Explorer
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THE TRENDS OF 19C JEWELLERY
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John Player & Sons - Theatre Series of Cigarette Cards
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Gingerbread Victorian Homes
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A Vintage Fine Art Celebration of WOMAN in all her glory!
Blessed Virgin...Saint...Goddess...Witch...this le more...0 points
The Victorian West: Books, Gifts & Information
Sherry Monahan delves into the history of the Vict more...0 points
The Crimes of Jack the Ripper
I've always been interested in true crime, especia more...0 points
Peize (Drenthe) on a wiki
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How to Bring Your History-Based Daydreams to Life! (Reenacting Arts Event Planning)
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Vintage and Victorian Homemaking
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Ada Lovelace: The First Programmer
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DEAR DAD JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SAY
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Josephine Butler
Josephine Butler and her Role in the Campaign for more...0 points
Father Christmas
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Sir Bernard Spilsbury
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Gingerbread Victorian Doll Houses
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RECYCLED NEWS - San Antonio - 1881
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COFFIN WAR
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Jerome K Jerome
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My Family Tree, Twigs and All
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The Chartists - C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote'
C19th radical campaigners for 'One Man One Vote', more...0 points
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Wild About Wilde!
One of the most quoted people in history, Oscar Wi more...0 points
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