r/RandomVictorianStuff

One of my favourite photos. From 1861-62. Taken at 5 Princes Gardens, London. One sisters face is framed by the shoulder and head of the other.

u/kittykitkitty — 14 hours ago

Indigenous people used as props at Henry Wellcome's booth at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. Medicines were sometimes advertised using Indigenous peoples even when they had little to do with the product.

u/kittykitkitty — 14 hours ago
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Heroes of the Crimean War: David Muir, George Glen, Donald McKenzie, and Colour Sergeant William Gardner of the 42nd Highlanders , British Army, 1856 [2963 x 3601]

u/Antique_Quail7912 — 3 days ago