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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…

The 1888 broadside poster is an advertisement of Kate Fox and Charles W. Starr's return, revealing the secrets of spiritualism.:

During one of the greatest religious movements during the 19th century, three sisters claimed to be mediums to the…

This is a photograph that provides a view of the inside of the High Street Kensington Station at the time of its last phases of construction. A locomotive is shown to be situated on this terminal's railway track. This is one of the stations that had…

In this article, there are many railroad servants who are thinking of doing a strike for better wages and shorter work hours. This gives insight to the type of lifestyle and treatment these men were getting before they started to rebel. Luckily, many…

This an image of the construction of the london metropolitan railway. At the time it was the first underground railway in the world. In the image one can see the men hard at work who at the time were probably working long hours in unsafe conditions.

In this story we follow the tales of Mr. Utterson and his exploration into the secret behind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The first thing that we see of Hyde comes in the form of when he was beating up a child who had gotten in his way, causing them to…

While the gilded cover stamp and writing on the spine of the books suggest that this cover was created in the 1840s, Macmillan and Co. released the first edition of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book in 1894 and 1895, respectively. Humans…

Created in the mid 1850s, this piece is a form of virtual reality in the Victorian era. The media allowed an audience to immerse themselves, virtually, in the Crystal Palace- which was a place that housed exhibitions. Through layering multiple…

The Great Train Robbery was the one of the first motion pictures produced in the United States. It was first screened in 1903, and is one of the most influential and iconic films when it comes to the development of American cinema, even though it is…

Wordsworth’s poem, originally written in 1833, can be placed into meaningful conversation with other contemporary works, such as Charles Dickens’ The Signalman. Dickens’ story highlighted the growing tension between humanity and technology, and…