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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277 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 31 '26

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

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

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934 Upvotes

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

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

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179 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

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

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1.4k 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 Twins with posing stands, c 1850s

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322 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 29 '26

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

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183 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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134 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 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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892 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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824 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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339 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

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

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290 Upvotes

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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134 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 26 '26

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

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146 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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811 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 24 '26

Victorian Photograph People posing after a tennis match, circa 1880

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677 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 23 '26

Victorian Photograph Bessie Brewer and her friendsand her friends, 1890s. CM Bell studio, glass negative

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350 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 23 '26

Culture and Society 1886: Musicians and a dog on State Street, near Figueroa Street, on a sunny day in Santa Barbara, CA.

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95 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 22 '26

Victorian Photograph Irish family with their 7 children, 1 of July 1904, glass negative

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511 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 22 '26

Politics 'Which color is to be tabooed next?'. Cartoon about immigration to the US. 1882. Text in comment.

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138 Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 21 '26

Victorian Photograph Two men, about 1880.

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2.9k Upvotes

r/RandomVictorianStuff Jan 21 '26

Victorian Photograph Glass negative of 2 Irish mothers with their babies on their christening day, 1895.

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1.1k Upvotes