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Helen Keller | Mid-19th Century Life
Portrait of Helen Keller as a young girl, with a white dog on her lap (August 1887) For Women's History Month, I wanted to post something about one of the most inspirational women to me of all time. Helen Keller. Her teacher, Annie Sullivan is also one of my heroes. Without her, we may...
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Stratford Hall: Robert E. Lee's Birthplace | Mid-19th Century Life
Stratford Hall located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Stratford Hall was the home of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence. This was the birthplace of General Robert E. Lee. As the Stratford Hall website points out: “The...
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Could a Mid-19th Century Lifestyle Be Good For Us? | Mid-19th Century Life
(Public Domain) Our Victorian friends were surprisingly healthy even though they didn’t have access to antibiotics and modern healthcare. Since mid-19th century life is well-documented, what lifestyle choices allowed them to be so much healthier than many people are today? Here are the top six...
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Granny Witches | Mid-19th Century Life
Photo by BlueRidgeKitties So when exactly did witches get such a bad reputation? In the mid-19th century, nearly every mountain top and “holler” in the mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina had their local...
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Do You Sleep Like a Victorian? | Mid-19th Century Life
The Somnambulist by John Everett Millais - 1871 (Public Domain) Could sleeping like a Victorian be the next trend that promises wellness? Dr. Michael Mosley, British science journalist and health author, explains that in pre-industrial times, people went to sleep when it got dark (because what...
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The Powhatan Confederacy | Mid-19th Century Life
On a recent trip to Virginia @Southern Unionist and I enjoyed a visit to the Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum that recreates life in the original Jamestown colony. I was especially drawn to the re-created Powhatan Indian village and enjoyed learning more about their way of life...
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This Might Be the Most Intriguing Antique I've Found | Mid-19th Century Life
Silver morning glory decorated aide memoire from the 19th century. My sweet friends, @luinrina, @Zella, @FarawayFriend and @NH Civil War Gal got me thinking about Victorian notepads when they posted in a thread I started on Victorian chatelaines. In an age when the dip-pen ruled supreme...
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More Valuable Than Letters From Home | Mid-19th Century Life
Wash day at camp: A pair of "drawers" hangs to dry on the log support behind the ax-wielding soldier on the right. While we all enjoy reading about epic battles, soldiers, generals and the fearless women who supported them, mere underwear actually has a Civil War story to tell. Yes. You read...
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A little Lea & Perrins with Your Meal? | Mid-19th Century Life
In today's society, we take for granted the wide variety of condiments available in the food market. There are just so many to choose from. In the 19th century, people were making condiments in their own kitchens with family inherited recipes, etc. In 1837, there arrived a "game changer" - Lea &...
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A Pocket Translator For Your Delorean, Or, The Era Slang Of Our Ancestors | Mid-19th Century Life
" I don't know Maud, I'd hauch to split but he looks a real hawbuck to me. What a skezick! Last week he was hunkersliding, telling bouncers trying to bamboozle all the other flippers into believing he's nonesuch. " Gumshun, Bamboozle, Crook, Crank, By Gum, Lallagagging, Flummoxed, Squeal...
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