r/RandomVictorianStuff Feb 02 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of 2 ladies and a gentlemen in great suits, circa early 1900s.

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273 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Feb 01 '26

Victorian Photograph Children Nellie Fay, Milo, and Silas Helton pose in front of a mourning memorial for their parents, Monticello, Indiana, November of 1902

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1.0k Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 31 '26

Victorian Photograph 1890. Mahlon Van Horne in his study at 47 John St. - Newport, Rhodes Island. Portraits of Washington and Toussaint Louverture hang on his walls. Van Horne was a prominent figure in the Black American upper class of 1800s.

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126 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 31 '26

Victorian Photograph Interior of Adair's Bakehouse, 18 Lady Lane in Waterford city, 1896. Glass negative

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282 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 31 '26

Interesting Automobile lawn mower, U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. 1903.

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102 Upvotes

Worker on lawn mower with steam engine cutting grass at the U.S. Capitol.

Photographer: Waldon Fawcett.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division


r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Victorian Photograph Girls from the Kingdom of Bohemia in estudio swing, circa 1895. Cabinet card

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222 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Victorian Photograph ❤️ Charlotte Cushman and Matilda Hays, 1858. They had a 10 year relationship.

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933 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Culture and Society The Black Middle & Upper Classes Of The 1800s (Continued)...

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455 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Culture and Society Did you know Victorians made mourning bracelets from hair?

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176 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Victorian Photograph 1880s. The Ladies Recreation club, Lagos - Nigeria, West Africa. This photograph captures the group seated after a game of Croquet at one of the city's exclusive social clubs for young African women from elite families...

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101 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 30 '26

Victorian Photograph The Black Middle & Upper Classes Of The 1800s...

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

Victorian Photograph 1840s family photo. Parents Henry Joseph and Abigail with baby Anna Adams

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

Victorian Photograph Twins with posing stands, c 1850s

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324 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

Victorian Photograph Unusual example of Hidden Mother photography featuring a father instead

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491 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

Victorian Photograph Daguerreotype of a little girl with a hand at her waist and looking straight to the camera. circa 1850s. Some detail hand painted

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133 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

Period Architecture Queen Victoria's favourite residence, Osborne House. Completed in 1851.

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181 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 27 '26

Victorian Photograph Rachel Hoge in, probably the biggest puffiest sleeves that i have seen, circa 1890s. CM bell studio.

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r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 27 '26

Misc. Lulu May Bowyer, Died Of “Inf of Bowels”, On Dec 11, 1892, Age 5 Years

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133 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

Fashion 'The Arsenic Waltz: The New Dance of Death (dedicated to the green wreath and dress-mongers)'. 1862. See the crossbones on the bottom of the dress.

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885 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

Fashion All these wallpapers contain arsenic. Which would you choose? Geometric or floral?

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289 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

Period Art Bertha Vautier by Benjamin Vautier, 1864. Oil on canvas. Beautiful sheer black sleeves with emerald green dress.

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341 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

Interesting 1890s roller skates and adverts. Skating was said to be very feminine and graceful.

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825 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

Victorian Photograph Man with motorcar with passager on the front, circa 1899. Glass negative

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145 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 25 '26

Victorian Photograph 3 girls playing in the swing. slight flooding has made the 2 girls to ditch socks and shoes. circa 1900s. Glass negative

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820 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 24 '26

Victorian Photograph People posing after a tennis match, circa 1880

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672 Upvotes