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In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip...
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In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip...
Text via Victorian Era Female hysteria was once a common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women. The history of the notion of hysteria can be...
You will not be able to look away from these spectacular French Victorian Hellscapes that depict the image of corruption of the day! These...
In the 19th century, death was a big event. From post-mortem photography to memento mori jewelry to the year spent mourning the dead, they...
During the Victorian era, trading cards were used to advertise products, but they also reveal the racism and sexism that was rife at the...
The Bigelow-Wallis and Warren-Kaula watercolor collection is a set of 189 watercolor paintings commissioned by Harvard professor of surgery Henry Jacob Bigelow from lithographer Oscar...
via The Line Up Although British anatomists often hunted for fresh cadavers in the 15th century, it was only in the 18th century that...
The passing of a loved one defines life for most human beings. How we celebrate and/or mourn that passing defines a culture. In the...
Women have long been associated with food, whether it’s as providers and preparers in the domestic setting, or as a sexual feast to be...
Things have certainly progressed for LGBTQ rights since the late 1800s, but even back then there was an appreciation for the ambiguity of gender...