What would you title this? Decadent Young Woman after a Dance

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A coal miner's canary, the inscription reads: In Memory of Little Joe. Died November 3rd 1875. Aged 3 Years”

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Seaside Butsle Ensemble (1880s) How I wish I could dress like this every day

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My ancestors 1888.

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My grandma’s grandmother is this Edwardian style or Victorian?

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Romany travellers photographed by John Thomson in 1877, they’re gathered around a caravan belonging to one William Hampton. The woman seated on the steps, Mary Pradd, was murdered a few weeks after the photograph was taken (details in comments)

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my 2nd great grandmother with her bike! how on earth she managed to ride it in that dress, i’ll never know! c. 1895

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My great-great grandfather, Samuel Hamill, Boston, Massachusetts, US

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My 2nd great-grandfather, when baby boys wore dresses (1888)

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Photograph taken by Thomas Martin Easterly of a young woman, early 1850s.

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High school graduate ca. 1880s.

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My great-grandmother from the 1890s-1910s.

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A series of sweet photographs taken by Hugh Magnum of a black woman smiling, c. 1890s. Duke University Libraries

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Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in a photograph taken in 1870, holding a white cat ✨

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19th Century sending a message via Flowers

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Would men wear cameos and is this authentic?

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Photograph taken by Thomas Martin Easterly of a young woman, early 1850s.

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I couldn't find the real title for this artwork, so I called it procrastination by Edward Killingworth Johnson 1878 (because I wasn't sure if it was a wedding dress, I just played it safe), what is the tile or what should it be?

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Unusual Victorian Renaissance revival hexagonal terrarium. English, Circa 1860-70.

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Victorian plant enthusiasts

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An unknown Maori woman with a chin moko, circa 1890s. These were outlawed by British colonists in the 1907 Tohunga Suppression Act. (I've put a bit more info in the comments)

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Washing away the good luck!

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My great-grandmother from the 1890s-1910s.

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A night soil man poses in the village of Dunston, Lincolnshire, 1872.

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Portrait of a girl, c. 1840s

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Countess Virginia di Castiglione (1837-1899), ca. 1865. French photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson.

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Daguerreotype of a young man mounted on the back of a brooch, circa 1850s.

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newest addition to my collection of mourning jewelry, it is my most cherished item

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The converse house built in 1870 in Norwich, CT.

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I absolutely adore this - does anyone know where I can find a copy good enough to print/frame?

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circa 1890 doll

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My great grandmother and father

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Got this 1850s suit Off an auction

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Photo of me using a Victorian tintype camera. Original case too.

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I hope this is the right sub. I wanted to share this hat I made!

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Ivory Jelly

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Beautiful woman seated on a chair, Queensland early 1880s ✨

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Victorian jewelry collection

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Daguerreotype of a blind man wearing tinted glasses, holding a cat, c. 1850. George Eastman Museum

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1840s style handmade wedding dress

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Interior of a house from Cairo photographed between 1865-1889. Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection

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A photograph, by John Robert Parsons, of Jane Morris, wife of William Morris, the textile designer, poet, novelist and father of the Arts and Crafts movement. 1865.

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My collection of Victorian pencils

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I am crying

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Lady on horseback. (1890s)

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A victorian white house in Massachusetts.

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Women staff at Broadmoor, Britain's first criminal lunatic asylum. Most of the patients had committed murder and were tried, but were found not guilty because of their insanity. 1900.

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A young lady. 1840s/1850s

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Man looking for a wife in 1865.

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1860’s Ball.

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‘There is death in the pot’ The front cover of an early 19th-century book on culinary poisoning.

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Queen Victoria with one of the 38 Pug dogs she owned during her reign. (Newspaper clipping).

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Victorian chairs and sofas. Possibly mail order catalogue photos. From 1893.

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Victorian interior, Mc Donald Mansion, Santa Rosa, California.

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Mlle. Bignon, 1890s.

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Since we’re apparently posting our Victorian wardrobe. Here is my outfit for today

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whats with the elf door

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I thought you might appreciate both my Victorian house set up, and my late bustle era visiting ensemble

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Bride and groom photographed in the 1860s ✨

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Tintype of an unidentified couple (ca. 1860)

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A dating ad published in a newspaper in 1865. He had me at “My buckwheat looks first-rate and my oats and potatoes are bully”

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Victorian Stage Actor William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

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Victorian Halloween

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Late 19th Century Wedding Dress.

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Can anyone help identify this house or anything about it? Found the image on Pinterest, would be interested in plans for it

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Lady Paget as Cleopatra. Costume by House of Worth, Paris. The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball, Devonshire House in Piccadilly, London. July 1897.

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Victorian blouses, 1890.

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Gertie Millar as Cora in 'The Toreador', 1901.

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A Cough drop salesman on the streets of London, 1877. “One Night Cough Syrup” was sold in the late 1800s, and it contained alcohol, cannabis, chloroform, and morphine. This mixture was available over the counter and promised to eliminate your cough in one night so you could sleep.

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I work at a museum so heres me in my work uniform

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Picture of Victoria, with loose hair and open mouth, commissioned secretly by her for Albert.

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A night soil man poses in the village of Dunston, Lincolnshire, 1872.

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Boarders at Magnus Grammar School in Newark-on-Trent. ca.1895.

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Chang and Eng Bunker photographed in 1865. They toured as a curiosity act for 3 years before settling down in North Carolina. They married a pair of sisters and fathered 21 children. More info and photos on the history of sideshows in the comments.

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I live in a Victorian house. Does anyone know what this thing is in the wall?

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Carte de visite of an unidentified woman (Maine, 1870s)

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A couple photographed with their deceased daughter, as a reminder of her.

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Antique brooch collection. I have been collecting these for a few years now :) I’m quite proud! Most are from 1870’s - onward. Which one did you like best? I’d love to know.

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Princess Victoria of Wales (The Princess Victoria) and her little friend, circa 1900.

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Copy of a letter written by a prisoner in Nottingham Gaol in 1865.

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Gibson Girl Style: Portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographed in Norfolk, 1890.

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Just found this sub, recently started collecting, this is my victorian dance card

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A mother and her 2 children with their belongings turfed out into the street in East London in 1890 because they hadn’t paid the rent. They were later saved by the charity St Bernardo’s.

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How the Victorians did sewage systems...

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Boots, c. 1895-1900.

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Portrait of Tessie Reynolds, 1890. In 1893, aged just 16, Reynolds set a record for cycling from Brighton to London and back in just 8 hours 30 minutes. Contrary to the norms of the day, she completed the cycle in “rational” dress – pantaloons and a shirt, rather than a traditional voluminous skirt.

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The guards of Maharajah Ram Singh III in the royal palace of Jaipur, India. This photo was taken in 1858.

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Women cycling on a country lane, 1897.

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Ita Wegman, 1899, co-founded Anthroposophical Medicine with Rudolf Steiner.

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Daguerrotype portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographed by Southworth and Hawes, 1850.

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The corset was not just to create a waspish waist. There are some other benefits. Do you have some idea?

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Unrestored 1893 James Cunningham, Son & Co horse drawn funeral coach. One of the most elaborately designed and expensive hearses of the time, reportedly selling for $12,000, in service until 1915. Entire body is carved mahogany. Note beveled convex center glass panels. Source link in comments.

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Cleo de Merode as young stage actress, 1880’s.

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Western Highland Tweed weavers. 1895.

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Hypodermic syringe with carrying case, 1860. England. Science Museum.

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Daguerreotype of an unidentified woman, 1855

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Old town road, by me using soft pastels, 2021.

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Captain William T. Shorey and his family (USA, 1898)

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ab. 1865-1870 Antonie Sandberg (photo by Claus Peter Knudsen).

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Help! Best guess on the most specific decade or year these clothes are from. Trying to figure out which kids in my family tree these are. This wasn’t a family of means and lived in Appalachia rather than a big city, so unlikely to be current. Just looking to zero in on a date for the clothes. TIA!

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Victorian home with some past residents

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Two Victorian men stand for a portrait with their hands tight clasped. (1870s)

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Morris, Marriott. Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. July 7, 1888.

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Portrait of Ada, Countess of Lovelace by Alfred Edward Chalon. 1838. Daughter of the poet Lord Byron and friend to the young Queen Victoria. (Image - Douglas Cape).

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An early Valentine's Day gift. Artist in the comments.

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I built Victorian London in LEGO featuring 221b Baker Street, Locations from Charles Dickens' novels and the Whitechapel murders!

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My lounge has a hint of the victorian era in it

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What are those lacy collars on the younger boys?

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A Victorian Home Parlour, set with pre and post Edwardian funerary customs at a current historic site and war museum: And I thought you'd enjoy the room :) the Bishop's family home was built in 1884; they lived in the colonies, were *fairly comfortable*, and the home's had ~3 funerals.

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A man and two children in costumes. Russia, 1886

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1/6 plate daguerreotype from the 1850s. They are not identified.

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Josephine Schauer Blatt (1869 – September 1, 1923), best known by her stage name Minerva, was an American strongwoman. She stood 6 ft and weighed 230 lbs. For several years, the Guinness Book of World Records listed Minerva as having lifted the greatest weight ever by a woman, 3564-lbs.

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A young Victorian man poses for a portrait. (1870’s)

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My grumpy-looking fam. Toronto, around 1900.

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Daguerreotype of two men, c. 1850 (unidentified)

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this is a freaking must read for folks who love the 1850's and fantasy

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Does anyone have this book or knows how I can get information from it without paying $150+

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Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and wife Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz looking absolutely stunning (1881)

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Alice in Wonderland (Opera Comique Theatre in London, 1898)

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Does anyone else think we seeing a revival of the ideals of aesthetic movement? There is a current trend of filling your house with plants, the inclusion of natural light and air with a lot of artistic themes based on nature, is this something we have seen before?

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‘A Portable Shop Seat’, from The Girls’ Own Paper. 1880.

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Queen Victoria with Prince Albert Victor of Wales, Princess Victoria of Hesse, Prince George of Wales, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, 1871

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An informal portrait of an unknown, probably well-to-to family grouped in a corner of a formal garden. (Apologies for the joining).

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Lively Village Scene - Edouard Girardet (1868)

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Queen Victoria chewed gum laced with cocaine every morning, in an effort to cheer herself up. She liked the treat so much that she presented it to young Winston Churchill when he visited her at Balmoral Castle.

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My great-great-great grandmother, Mary Magdalene Gentry. Can anyone provide some context to this photo (what her dress looked like, why the photo was taken, what year this was)? I can see that the backdrop is some kind of quilt if that helps.

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'Vienna'. Photographed in 1900.

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I could look at this picture for hours. I wonder who he was.

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I’m looking to add Victorian style Christmas decorations to this corner of my house. Any ideas?

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Do y'all know what this hairstyles called?

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Victorian opinion

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Victoria and Albert in 1854, when both were 35 years old.

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This fashion plate of 1863, shows gowns in crude 'aniline' colours, including toxic arsenic green and 'Perkin's mauve' which caused a bright, purplish-red skin rash.

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The Countess di Castiglione,. ca.1865.

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Plenty of debate on its true purpose

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Georgian, Victorian & Edwardian textiles haul I found in a box at an auction!

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Anybody else get carried away with having proper dinner settings?

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Front page of The Boy's Own Paper. 1891.

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What I want to dress like in the future

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The annual budget for a comparatively well-to-do clerk in 1844.

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Before and after of my Jewett & CO Stove Buffalo, NY. Found still hooked up in the carriage barn of my ca 1885 Victorian.

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What would Victorian women wear at the bottom/hook of their slide chain necklaces? A pocket watch? A wax seal fob? A pendant? (Photo for reference)

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Anyone else Edward Gorey?

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