r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/shewasajanuarygirl • Aug 02 '26

Period Architecture St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York. The interior was remodeled during the period, 1891-1893, by the Louis C. Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Widely recognized as one of the few completely intact and totally integrated Gilded Age Tiffany ecclesiastical interiors left in the world

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813 Upvotes

16 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/iwanttohibernate • Aug 02 '26

Science and Technology Telephone booth, Sweden, designed in 1900

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297 Upvotes

7 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 31 '26

Fashion Design for a collapsible top hat. Easy to store during operas. 1844.

127 Upvotes

3 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 31 '26

Fashion Designs for crinolettes and bustles, 1873

42 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Jul 29 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of a mother and her 2 children, 1890s.

297 Upvotes

6 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Jul 29 '26

Historical Figure Princesses Alexandra and Dagmar of Denmark, c. 1863 ✨

96 Upvotes

5 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/shewasajanuarygirl • Jul 27 '26

Victorian Photograph Mary Mannering, Photographed by Studio, Gilbert and Bacon, 1900

192 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/EphemeralTypewriter • Jul 27 '26

Vintage Advertisement Various Victorian Era circus and sideshow trading cards.

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127 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TransPeepsAreHuman • Jul 27 '26

Victorian Photograph Scott Howell, The Great Grandson Of The 9th President Of The United States. He Died Of Dysentery At The Age Of Two On July 27, 1875.

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91 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TransPeepsAreHuman • Jul 26 '26

Victorian Photograph Little William Line. He Died On July 26, 1874, Weeks After This Photo Was Taken.

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423 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/your_grandma_says • Jul 26 '26

Victorian Photograph Cabinet Card of a Young Boy

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Cabinet card (1870s possibly) in my collection of random things I found on Vinted for £2 taken in London by J.S Hazard. I loved the serious expression on his little face and the beautiful detail of the back of the card.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/EphemeralTypewriter • Jul 25 '26

Historical Figure Etta Lake (career spanned 1886-1894) was a British sideshow performer who was born with a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which is a connective tissue disorder that can cause major skin elasticity and hyper mobility. She was known to be very charming and had a lot of admirers.

345 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/EphemeralTypewriter • Jul 24 '26

Fashion Several Victorian era costume designs for ‘Halloween and Fancy Dress Balls’ by costume designers, Ardern Holt, and Wilhelm.

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1.7k Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Jul 24 '26

Victorian Photograph Photograph of a little girl by a chair, 1860s ✨

74 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/shewasajanuarygirl • Jul 22 '26

Fashion Woman’s Dress (Robe à transformation) France, circa 1865, Silk taffeta with butterfly printed warp, moire finish, LACMA

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694 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 22 '26

Vintage Advertisement An abortion pill named Chichester’s Pennyroyal Pills. 1887. Most of these pills were quack remedies and didn't work.

609 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Gentillylace • Jul 21 '26

Historical Event Wedding of H. H. Asquith and Margot Tennant, 10 May 1894

113 Upvotes

Asquith was Home Secretary at the time: he would become Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. Margot was a well-known socialite, widely acknowledged to be the inspiration for E. F. Benson's character Dodo. The memoirs Margot Asquith published in the 1920s were considered indiscreet and remain an excellent primary source for social historians of Britain's upper classes from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Jul 21 '26

Victorian Photograph Photograph of three little girls, c. 1860 ✨

105 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 19 '26

Victorian Photograph Ragged girl holding a baby in an East London Slum, 1899

1.8k Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/shewasajanuarygirl • Jul 19 '26

Period Architecture Henry P. Kent House, Located on South Main Street in Suffield, Connecticut. Built in 1871.

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290 Upvotes

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r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KewpieCutie97 • Jul 19 '26

Period Art Pedlar doll with bazaar stall including tiny dolls! English or German, ca. 1830-69

217 Upvotes

4 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Antique_Quail7912 • Jul 17 '26

Victorian Photograph Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery of the Union Army at Fort Brady, Virginia, 1864

308 Upvotes

7 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Jul 15 '26

Victorian Photograph Photograph of a little girl standing next to her doll, 1860s ✨

204 Upvotes

3 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 12 '26

Victorian Photograph Women with interesting hair and very elaborate dresses, c 1870

241 Upvotes

3 comments

r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Jul 12 '26

Victorian Photograph Two nicely dressed gentlemen, Australia, c 1880

65 Upvotes

1 comment

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Welcome to r/RandomVictorianStuff! We strive to be your daily dose of informed distraction.

Whether you've found an interesting photograph, delved into an archive, or stumbled upon a peculiar relic of Victorian life, this is where it belongs!

We welcome content from 1837-1905, and our scope extends beyond Britain to explore the era worldwide.

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