NineteenTeen

Nineteenth century Londoners were always keen for entertainment.  Though for the most part the classes did not mix, they each found somethin...

Violets. Aren’t they pretty? Such a charming picture to print—or rather, re-print in Ackermann’s Repository . The original image was a h...

How that's for a blatant plea?  But, hey, perhaps we’re allowed.   It is, after all, our birthday here at Nineteenteen.   September ma...

It’s September, and that means it’s time for Carriage and Driver ’s preview of the upcoming decade’s hottest new vehicles. Whether you’re l...

Last week I shared my delight with our new Western Washington State Fair.  The young ladies and gentlemen of nineteenth century London wer...

A few years back I did a post on dance cards , those handy little erasable tablets of bone or ivory carried by ladies at balls to keep trac...

Our new State Fair in Puyallup starts today.  Yes, the massive, impressive, stupendous Puyallup Fair is now officially Washington's St...