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The supposed materialisation of a spirit-girl called Katie King, late 1850s {x}
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We saw Mr. Poitevin hoist up in the air, successively, two or three horses, a carriage, a gondola filled with fifteen people, and I don’t know what else…
From Histoire des moyens de communication (History of the means of communication), by Edmond Audouit, Paris, 1851.
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From Hand Shadows To Be Thrown Upon The Wall by Henry Bursill, 1859
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Behind the mask: Syphilis; poëme en quatre chants, Paris, 1851
From the History of Medicine (IHM)
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Photograph by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
“The Ghost” (the Barry children) c. 1857
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Glove map of London, 1851, by George Shove. Printed map on leather.
Long before Googlemaps on an iPhone or handheld GPS devices, there was the very analog Victorian Glove Map.
I am totally in awe of this.
I am utterly in love with this.
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Just used this chestnut for the “Goose Quills, Gloves, and Writing Booths” post
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Fox writing with a quill pen, 1852
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Little Red Riding Hood Arrives at the Door of Her Grandmother’s House
Albumen print, 1858, by Henry Peach Robinson
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