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Scenes from daily Victorian life. Terrace houses, circa 1860s - 1880s. If ever I move to England I fully expect I would buy a terrace house, but I don’t know why the fascinate me so.
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Scenes from daily Victorian life. Recreated, not period photo, but a proper recreation courtesy of Beamish Museum near Durham (which I will be visiting in the spring of ‘13).
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Scenes from daily Victorian life. A fold-out scullery, for those really tiny spaces.
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Scenes from daily Victorian life. Drawing of a kitchen, circa 1886.
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Scenes from daily Victorian life. This is one of the most famous maids of all time, Hannah Cullwick, posed for a photo scrubbing the steps for her dirty-jobs obsessed lover, Arthur Mumby.
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Just a little Victorian humour.
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Just because. And tea certainly makes it easier to carry on.
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Men’s Victorian fashion. The measuring and fitting instructions for your new clothes, although by the 1890s ready-made sizes were much more common.
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Men’s Victorian fashion. Two styles of the sack suits sort of precursor to the modern business jacket. I rather want one of these for my wardrobe.
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Men’s Victorian fashion. The double-breasted frock coat. I prefer the single-breasted look myself for frock coats, but others definitely prefer this.
