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Looks like this beetle's got the reading bug. "Alphabets des Insectes," a 19thC book, pairs every letter w/ a word that's illustrated using a cast of anthropomorphized insects.

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2019-01-17

Bicycle Face – A Fictitious Disease of the 1800s. Learn more. https://t.co/6lsFaatmAr

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2019-01-12

The London Boardmen were said to often be thrown from the pavement by police into the road at the mercy of cabs.

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2018-12-31

"you know what François this gun can obliterate single platoon in a minute"
France 2nd empire infantri man 1870, from the left :
>Chasseur Light Infantry
>Line Infantri
>Field Artilliery

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2018-12-30

Swirls of green, with some cream and a dash of red spill across this festive paper.
This is found on our copy of Histoire complète de la noblesse de France, printed in Paris in 1862.
https://t.co/ov7HlUEVgI

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2018-12-24

Emperor Joshua Norton I declared himself supreme ruler of the United States in 1859: his avowed intention was to restore stability and integrity to a country he felt was falling into ruin.

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2018-12-16

This is an 1880s photo of 653 W Wrightwood in Chicago. Note the wooden sidewalk, dirt road and lack of buildings surrounding the edifice.

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2018-12-10

Very excited that my paper on Conrad Dressler's ceramic sculptures has been accepted for 'Expanding the Ceramic Field in the Long 19thC' at the AAH 2019

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2018-11-26

Rush's Tranquiliser Chair was used to remove sensory perception.

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2018-11-22

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" – "Let Us Prey." The Tweed Ring depicted by Thomas Nast in a wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 1871.

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2018-11-19

Costermongers – the Street Sellers of London: One of the most prolific jobs in London in the 1800s was the costermongers — people who sold fruits, vegetables, and meats... https://t.co/Ff8fJuVZJ0

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2018-11-14

Born 1774 in Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6

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2018-11-12