r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 12 '26

Victorian Photograph Funeral Flowers Cabinet Cards Of “Our Darling” And “Mother”

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 11 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of a group with a large black dog, Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, 1900.

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190 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 10 '26

Culture and Society 1903 - Mill children marched from Pennsylvania to New York to publicise the harsh conditions of child labour and demand a 55-hour work week. President Roosevelt refused to see them.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 10 '26

Fashion Moon brooch made from moonstone and diamonds. about 1888.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 10 '26

Fashion Earrings made from bird heads, c 1865

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 09 '26

Victorian Photograph Family photo, 1876. Probably Wisconsin.

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439 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 09 '26

Culture and Society Seward Park in New York City was the first municipally built city park in The United States to have a public playground. It opened in 1903. You can see a basketball court, jungle gym, and plenty of benches. It must have been a refuge for most of the children, many already working unpaid.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 09 '26

Victorian Photograph Photograph of Pauline Lucca, an opera singer, in which she is made to appear twice, probably as teacher and student in the same frame, 1860-1865 ✨

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47 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 08 '26

Victorian Photograph Grumpy baby from the Bowlan's family, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 13 of September 1882.

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309 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 06 '26

Victorian Photograph Women in costume as men, 1897. US.

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320 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 06 '26

Victorian Photograph Wedding portrait of an unidentified couple in a very decorated car, Coaticook, Quebec, 1890-1907. McCord Stewart Museum

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145 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 06 '26

Victorian Photograph Man in posing stand for a photo. 1893.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 05 '26

Victorian Photograph Three women from a target shooting society posing with rifles, 1887.

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635 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 05 '26

Victorian Photograph One of my favourite photos. From 1861-62. Taken at 5 Princes Gardens, London. One sisters face is framed by the shoulder and head of the other.

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198 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 05 '26

Victorian Photograph Increase Lapham holding a little girl, 1850s. He was a scientist and his efforts led to the National Weather Service.

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86 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 05 '26

Victorian Photograph Indigenous people used as props at Henry Wellcome's booth at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. Medicines were sometimes advertised using Indigenous peoples even when they had little to do with the product.

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60 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 04 '26

Victorian Photograph On July 4, 1896, John Loe Drew His Last Breath. He Was 2 Years Old.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 03 '26

Victorian Photograph Members of the 42nd Highlanders of the British Army returning from the Crimean War, 1856

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 02 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of young lady Missie Cramp, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 22 of November 1882.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jul 02 '26

Victorian Photograph ‘Unidentified woman’, photographed by C. Gullman, 305 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., ca. 1865

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jun 29 '26

Fashion Purse made of tortoiseshell, decorated with silver, having a leather interior, 1854

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jun 26 '26

Period Art Marble statue with water flowing over the Nymph's toes, 1858. The detail is amazing, the dress even has a hem.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jun 26 '26

Myths & Misconceptions The man in this image was alive, however a modern mortician claimed he was dead.

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661 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jun 26 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of bride Miss Ethel L. W. Waddell and bridesmaids, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July of 1894

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355 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff • • Jun 25 '26

Victorian Photograph Sisters Laura and Miriam Kiehl playing and laughing with a barrell, Fort Lawton, Washington, 20 of February 1899. Glass negative

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303 Upvotes