Historical (Moderators: J. Wilhelm, Madasasteamfish, The Corsair)

LINK: Victorian Era and 19th C Recipes Thread

Started by Siliconous Skumins

Replies: 0
Views: 4,601

August 02, 2015, 04:37:49 PM
by Siliconous Skumins

LINK: The Victorian Food Brands Still Extant Thread

Started by J. Wilhelm

Replies: 0
Views: 4,863

July 27, 2015, 07:11:18 AM
by J. Wilhelm

Historical Posting Guidelines

Started by Siliconous Skumins

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Views: 5,248

July 26, 2015, 10:20:58 PM
by Siliconous Skumins

Criminals and detectives

Started by morozow

Replies: 5
Views: 1,959

October 07, 2025, 06:06:49 PM
by Cora Courcelle

A sideshow attraction called Dr Alfred Jones Miracle of Electricity.

Started by mizzarrogh

Replies: 0
Views: 2,192

July 17, 2025, 01:40:05 PM
by mizzarrogh

Lest We Forget

Started by von Corax

Replies: 6
Views: 4,079

November 15, 2024, 09:22:05 PM
by Hez

19th early 20th century Camping /car camping

Started by groomporter

Replies: 1
Views: 15,931

April 03, 2023, 04:14:16 PM
by Hurricane Annie

Lest We Forget

Started by von Corax

Replies: 1
Views: 1,154

November 11, 2022, 01:14:33 PM
by SeVeNeVeS

American Civil war gunboats...

Started by mizzarrogh

Replies: 2
Views: 1,276

October 03, 2022, 04:36:19 PM
by mizzarrogh

historical photographic archive from Victoria, Australia

Started by Sorontar

Replies: 2
Views: 1,349

August 06, 2022, 03:52:23 AM
by Sorontar

The day a huge airship landed outside Cardiff City Hall in June 1910.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 7
Views: 2,459

June 17, 2022, 12:39:45 AM
by Mercury Wells

Madame Blavatsky: a seeker of truth — and a fraud

Started by von Corax

Replies: 0
Views: 1,254

June 07, 2022, 12:54:49 AM
by von Corax

Sabotage and pistols - was Ellen Willmott gardening's ‘bad girl’?.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 1
Views: 1,319

May 29, 2022, 06:08:52 AM
by Sorontar

Victoria Steamboat Disaster

Started by von Corax

Replies: 1
Views: 1,361

May 25, 2022, 10:40:09 AM
by Sorontar

I Swedish shipwreck mystery i need help with... (divingbell)

Started by mizzarrogh

Replies: 1
Views: 1,572

April 18, 2022, 03:52:36 PM
by mizzarrogh

Daguerreotype Mexican American War

Started by J. Wilhelm

Replies: 0
Views: 1,252

April 17, 2022, 09:46:29 PM
by J. Wilhelm

SS Central America: Haunting photos recovered the 'ship of gold' wreck on ocean

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 3
Views: 1,897

March 28, 2022, 06:33:10 AM
by Sorontar

Victorian electrical vehicles

Started by Sorontar

Replies: 15
Views: 2,969

March 08, 2022, 10:15:18 PM
by RJBowman

The dark history of Death Park. With Big Clive.

Started by mizzarrogh

Replies: 0
Views: 1,489

December 08, 2021, 03:28:58 PM
by mizzarrogh

Is the War of 1812 forgotten?

Started by Sorontar

Replies: 23
Views: 5,197

December 01, 2021, 04:36:17 AM
by J. Wilhelm

These Soldiers wore Bicorn hats in World War II

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,450

December 01, 2021, 12:52:36 AM
by chicar

The Earliest Born People to be Photographed (1735 - 1760)

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,601

November 21, 2021, 05:38:48 PM
by chicar

From the sailors chests.

Started by mizzarrogh

Replies: 0
Views: 1,371

November 17, 2021, 02:18:01 PM
by mizzarrogh

The Welsh Baronet who became a real-life raider of the lost Ark.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 1
Views: 1,833

November 13, 2021, 01:20:05 AM
by Prof Marvel

The London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company

Started by von Corax

Replies: 0
Views: 1,504

November 05, 2021, 01:36:29 AM
by von Corax

How Scary Was Victorian Halloween

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,464

October 26, 2021, 12:48:45 PM
by chicar

Eliza Kennedy

Started by chicar

Replies: 3
Views: 1,922

October 12, 2021, 10:20:41 PM
by von Corax

The Kidsgrove Boggart

Started by chicar

Replies: 1
Views: 1,601

October 06, 2021, 09:55:31 PM
by Miranda.T

Marcus Garvey The Black Moses

Started by chicar

Replies: 1
Views: 1,723

October 01, 2021, 09:07:19 PM
by RJBowman

The Victorian Obsession with Railways

Started by von Corax

Replies: 4
Views: 2,210

September 13, 2021, 05:30:30 PM
by Mercury Wells

The 1917 Permanent Sleep Paralyzis Epidemic

Started by chicar

Replies: 1
Views: 1,600

September 13, 2021, 07:07:29 AM
by Hurricane Annie

Historical Hackers: The Hacker Of Cragside, Circa 1870

Started by von Corax

Replies: 0
Views: 1,622

September 09, 2021, 06:33:53 PM
by von Corax

Slave Children, Black And Whites

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,495

September 04, 2021, 01:03:24 AM
by chicar

Blind Tom

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,458

September 03, 2021, 09:28:55 PM
by chicar

Evacuation Day

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,531

August 24, 2021, 12:54:47 AM
by chicar

The latest (19th Century) Public Transport

Started by E.J.MonCrieff

Replies: 0
Views: 1,501

August 23, 2021, 07:48:06 AM
by E.J.MonCrieff

Principality of Sealand

Started by Hurricane Annie

Replies: 6
Views: 2,650

August 21, 2021, 02:27:03 AM
by Hurricane Annie

The Strange (And Gross) History Of Ectoplasm

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,631

August 08, 2021, 10:21:50 PM
by chicar

19th Century Fire Engine

Started by E.J.MonCrieff

Replies: 0
Views: 1,546

August 01, 2021, 05:40:46 PM
by E.J.MonCrieff

The First Black Presidential Candidate

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,628

July 25, 2021, 12:18:24 AM
by chicar

The Antecedents of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie

Started by RJBowman

Replies: 2
Views: 2,418

July 24, 2021, 01:43:39 AM
by RJBowman

Mechanised Waste Recycling 160 Years Ago

Started by E.J.MonCrieff

Replies: 0
Views: 1,612

July 21, 2021, 04:49:14 PM
by E.J.MonCrieff

Hidden London tram station opens to public for first time in 70 years.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 10
Views: 3,088

July 12, 2021, 07:22:30 AM
by E.J.MonCrieff

How a Civil War-Era Politician Invented Atlantis

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,898

May 28, 2021, 04:59:34 PM
by chicar

The Titanic Told By The Survivors

Started by chicar

Replies: 0
Views: 1,634

April 21, 2021, 12:57:55 AM
by chicar

Mary Patten

Started by chicar

Replies: 3
Views: 2,304

April 11, 2021, 07:00:21 AM
by Hurricane Annie

Car camping 1920s

Started by groomporter

Replies: 9
Views: 3,530

April 02, 2021, 04:39:28 PM
by Hurricane Annie

Historic 'Locomotive 3801' makes comeback in Sydney

Started by Sorontar

Replies: 4
Views: 2,468

March 15, 2021, 02:21:39 AM
by Deimos

The woman who tamed lighting-Hertha Marks Ayrton.

Started by Mercury Wells

Replies: 1
Views: 3,192

February 15, 2021, 02:03:49 AM
by Mercury Wells

Who Would Be King of America if George Washington had been made a monarch?

Started by chicar

Replies: 1
Views: 1,987

February 02, 2021, 03:48:42 PM
by J. Wilhelm