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BBC Documentary of the Great Famine.

The image is of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. This is one of the earliest known photographs of Italy being that it was taken in 1841 by Alexander John Ellis. The photograph was later used in a collection called the 'Italy Deguerreotyped'.…

The document describes the account of a Balloon ascent. In which it details the crowds of thousands that waited for hours to watch the take off and initial ascent. It also contains a description of the journey. It tells how the balloon was initially…

An artistic attempt to showcase the both the abandoned power plant and the graffiti world. The creator of this video masterfully uses natural lighting to reveal the beauty of this forgotten site. His use of obscure film angles reveal the age of the…

An illustration from a book.

An engraving illustrating a book.

This article is another example of an accident within the train system of England. This relates to Charles Dickens' short story "The Signalman." I chose this item because it adds another dimension to the short story. Sometimes since fiction includes…

Though not from the Victorian era, this article is about the first horoscope ever put in print. On August 24th, 1930, Scottish publisher John Rutherford Gordon put to print a horoscope for Princess Margaret to commemorate her birth in the Sunday…

A rendition of the Fearless Girl that is known as Africa’s Fearless Girl was created by the Rand Merchant Bank and placed in conjunction with a concrete sculpture of the bank’s mascot, a lion. To connect more with the people and young girls of…