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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...
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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...
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...
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...
The asylum industry of the 18th through 20th century is a subject I’m fascinated by. It shows the best and worst of humanity, our drive to...
Execution has always been a popular form of entertainment. Whether it was a ritual to please the gods or a punishment ordered by the...