Charles Courtney Curran (13 February 13, 1861 – November 9, 1942) was an enormously prolific and successful painter for nearly five
Elizabeth Nourse defied all odds by carving out a successful full-time career as a female painter in the late 19th and
Only a few details from the life of Caroline Otero can be authenticated. In her 1927 autobiography, My Story, she says,
Have you heard the one about the Victorian couple whose corsets were so tight they couldn’t laugh? Yes, much of 19th
As women ventured into the world without escorts, fashionable hatpins doubled as excellent weapons to discourage unwanted advances from men. But
The “New Woman” was emerging into public places—either alone or in groups. She was independent, brave and self-reliant. It was the
Like so many circus performers in the Victorian Era, the details from the life of the Flying Zedoras Human Arrow vary
Despite fake news stories to the contrary, the magnitude of the later Victorian Era plume trade continued to escalate. By the
Feathered Victorian hats were gorgeous creations thanks to the millions of birds slaughtered in the name of fashion. Feathers had been
December 31, 1899. The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was mid-Pacific heading for Australia from Vancouver. As the story goes, the ship
Once upon a time presents were exchanged on New Years. But an 1848 engraving of the Royal Family gathered around a
Belle Époque graphic designer and illustrator Jules Chéret pioneered poster art in the mid- to late1800s when the need for advertising
Those who are remembered will never disappear. While the theme of Dia de los Muertos is death, this festival is anything
The Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted throughout the 1880s and 1890s. People had “witnessed”
On September 16, 2018 Denise Mueller-Korenek reached 183.932 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats, smashing a 23-year-old world record.
Charles Courtney Curran (13 February 13, 1861 – November 9, 1942) was an enormously prolific and successful painter for nearly five
Elizabeth Nourse defied all odds by carving out a successful full-time career as a female painter in the late 19th and
Only a few details from the life of Caroline Otero can be authenticated. In her 1927 autobiography, My Story, she says,
Have you heard the one about the Victorian couple whose corsets were so tight they couldn’t laugh? Yes, much of 19th
As women ventured into the world without escorts, fashionable hatpins doubled as excellent weapons to discourage unwanted advances from men. But
The “New Woman” was emerging into public places—either alone or in groups. She was independent, brave and self-reliant. It was the
Like so many circus performers in the Victorian Era, the details from the life of the Flying Zedoras Human Arrow vary
Despite fake news stories to the contrary, the magnitude of the later Victorian Era plume trade continued to escalate. By the
Feathered Victorian hats were gorgeous creations thanks to the millions of birds slaughtered in the name of fashion. Feathers had been
December 31, 1899. The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was mid-Pacific heading for Australia from Vancouver. As the story goes, the ship
Once upon a time presents were exchanged on New Years. But an 1848 engraving of the Royal Family gathered around a
Belle Époque graphic designer and illustrator Jules Chéret pioneered poster art in the mid- to late1800s when the need for advertising
Those who are remembered will never disappear. While the theme of Dia de los Muertos is death, this festival is anything
The Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted throughout the 1880s and 1890s. People had “witnessed”
On September 16, 2018 Denise Mueller-Korenek reached 183.932 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats, smashing a 23-year-old world record.
