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November 08, 2010
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Cover for The House Beautiful, Oct. 1920.

Cover for The House Beautiful, Oct. 1920.

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November 08, 2010
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English opera jacket in Swiss embroidery from November, 1875.

English opera jacket in Swiss embroidery from November, 1875.

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November 08, 2010
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Soprano Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1881.

Soprano Adelina Patti (1843-1919), 1881.

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November 08, 2010
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Portrait of a Young Woman by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), c.1480.

Portrait of a Young Woman by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), c.1480.

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November 08, 2010
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Portrait of Miss Hickey by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), date unknown.

Portrait of Miss Hickey by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), date unknown.

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November 08, 2010
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“Welcome,” a lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1873.

“Welcome,” a lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1873.

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November 08, 2010
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A very ruffle-y English “Demi Toilette” from February, 1883.

A very ruffle-y English “Demi Toilette” from February, 1883.

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November 08, 2010
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Illustration of a widow walking through cemetery from A Widow and Her Friends by Charles Dana Gibson, 1901.

Illustration of a widow walking through cemetery from A Widow and Her Friends by Charles Dana Gibson, 1901.

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November 08, 2010
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), 1843.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), 1843.

Tags: Queen Victoria royalty 1840s Winterhalter

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November 08, 2010
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Here’s some fun, kids! Six moral sentences beginning with the letter T! Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1875.

Here’s some fun, kids! Six moral sentences beginning with the letter T!

Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1875.

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November 08, 2010
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“The Young Swell.” Apparently this is a (disturbing) tobacco label copyrighted in 1869. DOGMAN.

“The Young Swell.” Apparently this is a (disturbing) tobacco label copyrighted in 1869.

DOGMAN.

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November 08, 2010
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Photograph of a young woman by Fitz W. Guerin, 1903.

Photograph of a young woman by Fitz W. Guerin, 1903.

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November 08, 2010
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Poster advertising WWI Thrift Stamps, 1917.

Poster advertising WWI Thrift Stamps, 1917.

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November 08, 2010
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The sullen winter nearly spent, Queen Flora to her garden went, to call the flowers from their long sleep, the year’s glad festivals to keep. Illustration originally published in Flora’s Feast : A Masque of Flowers by Walter Crane (1845-1915), 1889.

The sullen winter nearly spent, Queen Flora to her garden went, to call the flowers from their long sleep, the year’s glad festivals to keep.

Illustration originally published in Flora’s Feast : A Masque of Flowers by Walter Crane (1845-1915), 1889.

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November 08, 2010
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Princess Clothilde von Saxen Coburg by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), 1855. Her hair is adorable!

Princess Clothilde von Saxen Coburg by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873), 1855.

Her hair is adorable!

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