Jitney Alice blazed her own trail across the coastal town of Stone Harbor in Cape May County, New Jersey. The year

Egg Dancing headlined parties throughout the Victorian Era. Documented as early as the 1400s, it was a traditional spring event in

Christmas costumes dazzled Victorian Holidays. We’re not talking about Christmas outfits in glorious shades of red and green in celebration of

Indigenous Values shaped Thanksgiving celebrations held for thousands of years across the Americas. A profound reverence for nature and gratitude for

Victorian Cat Ladies were a special breed. While humans kept cats for roughly ten thousand years, the cat-human connection blossomed ferociously

The First Female Candidates challenged America to embrace equal political opportunities for all of its citizens. The nation grew from roughly

Spring-heeled Jack leapt into the collective psyche of English citizens beginning in 1837. He was described as a tall, thin devil-like

Art Young was one of the top political cartoonists of the early 1900s. A formally trained artist, he chose cartooning as

Jacques Lartigue became a photographer as a boy so small he stood on a stool to operate his camera. He documented

The Ashcan Artists focused on daily joys and struggles of working class people, usually in crowded urban environments. Using fast, rough

Victorian Quackery promised better lives for everyone. Believing the hype, the burgeoning middle class queued up for an endless array of

Vintage Fourth of July stories prove that our 19th-century ancestors knew how to have a good time on summer holidays.  As

Victorian maypoles celebrated the arrival of spring and freedom promised by warmer weather. With origins likely based in sacred pagan symbolism,

Presidential pets sparked White House joy through the nineteenth century and beyond. Dogs won as most popular pets over time. With

The Nice Carnival enthralled revelers across France at least since 1294. As a last hedonistic hurrah before the fasting and self-denial