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45 Posts From The Victorian Era That Prove It Really Was A Different Time
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of the telephone and telegraph.
However, the 63-year period from 1837 to 1901 (marked by the reign of Queen Victoria) also saw significant challenges in rural life as cities and slums were rapidly expanding, long and regimented factory hours for many workers, Jack the Ripper, and the Crimean War.
Capturing all the progress and turmoil of the epoch, the subreddit Random Victorian Stuff offers a gallery of interesting images, facts, and stories not just from Britain, but from the entire world!
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#1
Benedicte Wrensted Photographed Captain Willie, From The Shoshone Bannock Tribe Of The Fort Hall Reservation, At Her Studio On Main Street In Pocatello, Idaho, Ca. 1900
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#4
Just Straight Up Rock Climbing Up A Mountain In Dress And Heel Boots Because Why Not. Victorian Women Managing A Hard Route, 1890s
#12
Photo Of A Mongolian Woman In Her Traditional Clothes, Circa Early 1900s. Not Colorized, Autochrome Lumiere
#14
Ella Williams, Born In 1865 Worked On Her Adult Life As "Giant" For A Number Of Shows And Companies (Barnum One Of Them) In The Late 1890s
Despite being billed a 2.28m, she was more in the lines of 2.08m, but this was solved with heels and some hats.
#16
Group Portrait Of Native American (Crow) Men, One Woman. And A Child In Front Of A Tepee In Colorado, 1880
#18
Group Of Women Dressed In 3 Piece Suits With Different Styles....like Best The One In The Right Is The Best Fit And Looks Like Something She Asked Either To Be Done To Fit Or Bespoke For Her. Circa 1896
#20
A Woman From Luzon, An Island In Northern Philippines, 1875. Photo Taken By Francisco Van Camp
#21
Maude Fealy (Born Maude Mary Hawk; March 4, 1883 – November 9, 1971) Was An American Stage And Silent Film Actress Whose Career Survived Into The Sound Era
#22
Woman Poses In What I Think Is A Riding Outfit. Like The Double Breastes Low Cut Jacket. Late Xix Century
#25
Woman From Peru In A Nice Dress, Circa 1860s. The Dress Appears To Be Made Of Cotton With Black Lace
#29
Paleontologist Thomas Huxley, Who Discovered That Birds Were Descended From Dinosaurs. 1846
#31
Women Mountaniers As Well As Men, Crossing Over Glaciers In Switzeland. Love The Casual Umbrellas. Early 1900s
#32
Mourning Mask And Dress Used By Empress Elisabeth Of Austria In 1889 After Her Son Rudolf Took His Own Life
The Mask Is Made Of Black Velvet With Lace Trim And Ostrich Feathers; Dress Is Made Also Of Velvet With Jet Black Glass Beads. Whole Thing Designed By Fanni Scheiner.
#33
Marie Bell Watson, 1902. Little Is Known About This Woman Except That She Died In Junction City, Kansas On May 23, 1913 Of "Consumption." She Was 34 At The Time Of Her Passing
#35
Victorian Lady With A Very Dominant Glare Looks Straight To The Camera, I Thin By The Ringlets, Is Mid Xix Century, Maybe 1860s?
#40
Harem Woman From The Maharaja Of Jaipur, Ram Singh II. The Woman Is Dressed In Silks, Gold, Gold Fibers Practically Everywere. Photo Circa 1857
#42
Suffragette Frances Willard (1839–1898) Learning To Ride A Bike At 53 Years Old For The First Time With The Help Of Friends. She Even Wrote A Book About It
#43
Portrait Of A Barmaid In Texas, 1885 (Certainly Not The Hollywood Depiction Of What A Saloon Girl Looked Like)
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