Topic: Victorian Popular Culture
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The Female Snare Drummer
"Silence in both cases a negative."Well, I should think so! The Berger Family Bell Ringers, late of this post and many other...
"Silence in both cases a negative."Well, I should think so! The Berger Family Bell Ringers, late of this post and many other...
7 hours ago
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., Old...
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., Old...Lidian posted a blog entry
"A Popular Soubrette": Marion Elmore
Marion Elmore was born in 1860 in a tent in Sandhurst, Australia, to English-born Barnett and Julia Elmore, who were in...
Marion Elmore was born in 1860 in a tent in Sandhurst, Australia, to English-born Barnett and Julia Elmore, who were in...
Lidian posted a blog entry
A Stroke Of Bad Fortune
A Victorian fortune, not in a cookie but a gum wrapper. The first patent for commercially produced chewing gum in the US dates...
A Victorian fortune, not in a cookie but a gum wrapper. The first patent for commercially produced chewing gum in the US dates...
8 days ago
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Victorian..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., Victorian...
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Victorian..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., Victorian...Lidian posted a blog entry
Silent Movie Wednesday: Frank Losee
Frank Losee, stage and silent film actor, was born in Brooklyn in 1856. He was a distant cousin of my great grandfather, who...
Frank Losee, stage and silent film actor, was born in Brooklyn in 1856. He was a distant cousin of my great grandfather, who...
Lidian posted a blog entry
1876 Centennial Marble Shooter
For the boys who just spent Halloween night shooting peas at policemen, or throwing flour at "unsuspecting dudes": a lovely...
For the boys who just spent Halloween night shooting peas at policemen, or throwing flour at "unsuspecting dudes": a lovely...
Lidian posted a blog entry
The Halloween Pill
All Hallows' Eve in the 1890s in New York was a time when boys played pranks out in the streets (more on this later in the...
All Hallows' Eve in the 1890s in New York was a time when boys played pranks out in the streets (more on this later in the...
Lidian posted a blog entry
La Belle Oceana
Meet dancer, actress and acrobat Oceana Italia Judah, the "Circus Star" cover girl of the March 15, 1885 edition of the New...
Meet dancer, actress and acrobat Oceana Italia Judah, the "Circus Star" cover girl of the March 15, 1885 edition of the New...
23 days ago
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., vintage..., Victorian Popular...
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., vintage..., Victorian Popular...Lidian posted a blog entry
A Grand Skatorial Boom
Roller-skating on pedestals, while dancing AND balancing six glasses of water: now that's a grand skatorial boom. It looks...
Roller-skating on pedestals, while dancing AND balancing six glasses of water: now that's a grand skatorial boom. It looks...
24 days ago
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., New York...
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Victorian..., Victorian Popular..., New York...Lidian posted a blog entry
The Celebrated Home Washer
Cutting edge technology for washing clothes in New York City in 1869.It looks like someone cut down a barrel and stuck the...
Cutting edge technology for washing clothes in New York City in 1869.It looks like someone cut down a barrel and stuck the...
25 days ago
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Household..., Victorian Popular..., Victorian...
The Virtual Dime Museum
| Topics: Theatre..., Household..., Victorian Popular..., Victorian...Lidian posted a blog entry
Daguerreotype Hats
Here is another sort of novelty from the New York Clipper of 1853 - hatters with an extra incentive for their customers: a free...
Here is another sort of novelty from the New York Clipper of 1853 - hatters with an extra incentive for their customers: a free...
