Category Archives: Fun & Friends

Friday Fun Victorian Style

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Keli Gwyn

The Victorians liked to pose for photographs. The early Daguerreotype came about in 1839, when the inventor Samuel Morse returned to the U.S. after visiting Daguerre in Paris. Ambrotypes and tintypes followed in the mid 1850s. The carte de visite … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun Victorian Style

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Keli Gwyn

The Victorians were quite romantic. Every etiquette book written in the period that I’ve seen includes a chapter on writing love letters, for example. Love letters, however, were only one way young Victorians conveyed romantic messages, which could be difficult … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun Victorian Style

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Keli Gwyn

I recently made a list of some of my favorite shows set in Victorian times. So that this post wouldn’t be too long, I forced myself to narrow my list down to three. That was not an easy task, let … Continue reading →

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