Notes From The Victorian Man

If you have gotten hold of a bottle of Old Clifty Hoosier Apple Brandy by Spirits of French Lick, you have a real 19th Century American e...

One of my favorite sort of Victorian photographs to find are group photos of people done in the setting that the group gathers in (versus in...

It's a day late but wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! This photo from my collection came to mind yesterday so pulled it out. No idea w...

Recently, Amy  was back in California for visits with old friends and a weekend as Agnes from David Copperfield at The Great Dickens Christm...

Unfortunately, the stars did not align this year to rejoin my friends at the magnificent Great Dickens Christmas Fair .     Playing N...

Quilts are hands down one of the most nuanced, complicated, fraught with myth and misinformation corners of textile history. Most of my sewi...

Another very well done cookbook from the Victorian period is The Philadelphia Cookbook: A Manual of Home Economics  by Mrs. S. T. Rorer, pri...