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20
Oct
2009
Montmorency

19 days ago by davemartin46

Montmorency, Eleanor Updale (Scholastic 2003). Montmorency is the anti hero of a series of adventures by Eleanor Updale which mix action with a strong sense of being firmly set in the Victorian period. Further titles are Montmorency on the Rocks (Scholastic), Montmorency and the Assassins (Scholasti ...

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09
Oct
2009
What Was, Is Now

30 days ago by clarissaljm

Video centuries

“ There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth” – Charles Dickens Stories set during the Georgian and Victorian period of the English bourgeois where men were known for their strong actions with their words and master of the house, women were just a stepping stone t ...

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05
Oct
2009
Antique English Vellum Parchment Deed, Deeds 1830’s : $89.99

33 days ago by Jason

Click Here for More info on eBay! For sale group of 6 handwritten English PARCHMENT, vellum indenture, deeds dating from 1830’s – 1850’s. George IV, Victorian period. Total of 5 deeds. 2 pages in each deed. Size: about 15″ x 10″. NO RESERVE. ONE MONEY FOR ALL 5 DEEDS. Click here for more info on eBa ...

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30
Sep
2009
Write Your Own Historical Story Competition

39 days ago by davemartin46

Once again the Historical Association is running an historical fiction competition. Get your Year 6, 7, 8 and 9 students to bring the past to life by writing their own historical fiction! They can set their stories in ANY period or place in the past – Ancient Egyptian temple, Roman city, medieval vi ...

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24
Sep
2009
The Old Arts

45 days ago by Nguyen K. Do

The Old Arts (IMG_3675A), originally uploaded by Nguyen K. Do. University of Melbourne, 2009. Nguyen K. Do © 2009

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15
Aug
2009
Nineteenth Century Jewelry Part II

85 days ago by AntiqueNut

Most of the early Empire jewellery is made on the flat. There is little relief or modelling. It has the appearance of having been cut with scissors out of the sheet and stuck together in the required form. There was a certain carefulness about the execution but no imagination about the designs, for ...

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08
Aug
2009
Corset gripes

91 days ago by SMHart

So I’ve got the basic construction done with this corset – I went down and purchased my busk, which happened to be 30% off, which made it affordable. However, it’s too long! The front of my corset is 11 inches. The standard busk is 12. Of course the pattern doesn’t suggest a size. . . . . Trial and ...

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07
Aug
2009
Gold Box Presented to Cyrus W Fields by New York City

93 days ago by AntiqueNut

New York greeted Field with wild rejoicing, and the city authorities set September 1, 1858, as a day of celebration to give him an official public ovation. The celebration surpassed anything the city had ever before witnessed. Then the mayor of New York gave an address honoring Mr. Field and present ...

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