While it may have been an expensive dress, it wouldn’t necessarily have been a purpose-made wedding gown – unless the bride ...

Past and present have an unusual relationship in Tombstone, Arizona. Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up ...

As a member of the American Female Moral Reform Society (AFMRS), a group dedicated to preventing prostitution in cities in the early and mid-19th century ... against Victorian ideas about women ...

The book is set in the Yorkshire moors in the 19th century. A gothic novel, Wuthering Heights explores the passionate and destructive relationship between Earnshaw, the daughter of a wealthy landowner ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

She reminded me in that column that there were some cemeteries that had signs saying RIP for “Residents are Invited to Picnic.” That tradition fell out of favor in the 20th century because medical ...

The book is set in the Yorkshire moors in the 19th century ... saying white wedding dresses were not commonly worn until the Victorian era. "To say nothing else; Wuthering Heights is set about ...

In a world of identical big-box stores and soulless online shopping carts, there exists a glorious retail rebellion where one ...

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