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Isaac Baker Brown's journal about insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria gives a clear depiction of how people perceived women who exhibited resistance to domestic living in the Victorian Era. Included in this item is the journal's title page,…

Joseph Watson & Sons Ltd was a soap manufacturer in Leeds, Yorkshire. Interestingly enough, Joseph Watson was also the director of the London and North-Western Railway (an advertisement for the railway is already an item in our exhibition). Both…

This is the cover page from the Illustrated Police News, a sensationalist tabloid that would seek to satisfy the morbid curiosities of its readers. On this date in 1876, the cover featured illustrations of murderous apparitions. We see in the middle…

In a lot of Thomas Hardy's literature, such as "On The Western Circuit", he describes beautiful landscapes of Wessex. He created this fictional place in order to make his own histories and stories within a place he created by his own hand. Perhaps…

Though it has likely evolved in terms of practice from when Mr. Podgers was reading palms (or being a "cheiromantist," as the book calls it), palm reading is still considered a fairly popular practice among people who engage in spiritual practices,…

The video recounts the destruction of Wilmington, VT as a result of Hurricane Irene. They highlight the state of disrepair that most of the buildings in town are experiencing. Dot's, in particular, is examined in great detail as the building hangs…

This short video produced by History.com recounts the lead-up to and fallout of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, with a particular emphasis placed on the social climate surrounding LGBTQ+ rights before and after the events of June 27, 1969. The video…

This website serves as the official digital space within which the NYC Pride 2019 celebrations will have information regarding performances, travel information for those coming from large distances, celebrity appearances, volunteer opportunities, the…

The image is just a small excerpt explaining the difficulties of being a signalman. Apparently, I was very easy for a signalman to cause a collusion between two trains. This is because the signalman is trying to move one train from danger, but that…