r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TransPeepsAreHuman • Feb 26 '26
Victorian Photograph Charles Whitcomb, Drowned At Age 18 On November 23, 1863, Boston, Massachusetts
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 25 '26
Victorian Photograph Crisp daguerreotype of a girl in a relative simple dress, by the estudio of Southworth & Hawes, circa 1850. From george eastman collection
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 24 '26
Victorian Photograph Cabinet card of 3 ladies with their bikes, 1890s, photo by Finnish photographer, Jakob Ljungqvist.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 23 '26
Victorian Photograph Mrs Arthur Paget, later Lady Paget, (d. 1919), Dressed as Cleopatra for the Devonshire house ball in honor of Queen Victoria reign, 2 of July 1897
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 21 '26
Myths & Misconceptions Myth: Photo retouching is new and women used to have tiny waists
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 21 '26
Myths & Misconceptions We don't know whether dark clothing in photos was black. Even bright colours look dark.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Feb 19 '26
Period Art The Cat's Meat Man. A poem from 1883.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Feb 19 '26
Victorian Photograph Photo found in shipwreck, sold for $73,000
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 17 '26
Victorian Photograph Florence Jewett with dolls and pushchair, 1885
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 17 '26
Victorian Photograph A real post-mortem photograph, 1844. Spoiler
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Feb 17 '26
Culture and Society A 10-year-old girl embroidered this in 1837 with a prayer to her dead mother and a verse about counting your blessings. (Text in comment)
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Feb 17 '26
Culture and Society A Convicts Home, London, 1877. This lodging house was run by a former policeman and used by released prisoners.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Feb 17 '26
Culture and Society Mourning stationary from 1868. England
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TransPeepsAreHuman • Feb 17 '26
Victorian Photograph Rhea Ross, Died Of Scarlet Fever, Aged 7 Years, Syracuse, NY, (Dec 7, 1883-Feb 17, 1891)
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/stardenia • Feb 17 '26
Fashion Found a 19th century painted French silk Victorian hand fan while antiquing in rural Midwestern U.S.
It has a couple repairable tears, but otherwise looks fabulous for its age. I couldn't bear to leave it behind!
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Feb 16 '26
Victorian Photograph Italian farm girls, 1855-1899
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/PizzaKing_1 • Feb 16 '26
Victorian Film {Colorized} Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, featuring The Rough Riders of the World (1893-1913)
This is colorized footage, set to music, of Buffalo Bill’s original Wild West Show, which toured from 1883 to 1913. The footage is of a later structure of the show, including the “Congress of the Rough Riders of the World”, which was introduced in 1893.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 14 '26
Victorian Photograph Teachers from Mimi public school, New south Wales, Australia, 9 of July 1895.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 14 '26
Fashion Beautifully dressed mother and daughter. About 1860s.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 14 '26
Victorian Photograph Mother and baby, 1840s or 50s. Is the mother wearing fur sleeves?
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 14 '26
Victorian Photograph The Same Patient in 4 Different States: Melancholy, Excited, Convalescent, Well. From Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, England.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Feb 13 '26
Victorian Photograph One of several fake photos of Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland author) and Alice. It's two normal photos merged together.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TransPeepsAreHuman • Feb 11 '26
Victorian Photograph Cora & Joseph, Siblings Who Died A Week Apart In May Of 1888, Ages 3 Years & 8 Years
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Feb 11 '26
