William DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935) was a ladies' man with enormous stage presence - with a booming voice, he stood over 6 feet tall and was well over 200 pounds. He was married six times and was known as "the Husband of his Country." He had.
Topics: Hollywood, old cookbooks, Silent Movies, Theatre People

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"Silence in both cases a negative." Well, I should think so! The Berger Family Bell Ringers, late of this post and many other engagements, were looking for a Female Snare Drummer and a Good Male Baritone Singer in 1870, in this wanted ad in the.
Topics: 1870s ads, Old Photographs, Theatre People, Victorian Popular Culture, Victorian Sideshows, Victorian women

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This just does not look all that portable to me. "Brick-set" and "portable" do not seem to really go together as concepts. And I can't imagine anyone pushing it in front of the kitchen fire and then back across the room. And...
Topics: 1880s ads, Old Advertisements and Products

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Attention all would-be Circassian Beauties and anyone else interested in very long, luxuriant hair: Barry's Tricephorous is exactly the thing you need. At Hair Raising Stories you can see a Barry's Tricopherous bottle and read a bit about the...
Topics: 1880s ads, Old Advertisements and Products, Victorian Beauty

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Today I wanted to combine my love of Victorian advertising with my love of cats. Children showing of their elaborate fashions with a cat in the 1870s, from New York Public Library Digital Gallery . The cat on the child's lap looks just like one of...
Topics: Ephemera, Old Advertisements and Products, Victorian Children, Victorian Trade Cards

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