r/VictorianEra 5h ago

Glass negative of 2 women sharing a kiss, from the C.M. Bell studio, 1890s.

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434 Upvotes

r/VictorianEra 6h ago

Nubian lady posing for her photo, 1888.

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r/VictorianEra 9h ago

Girl & her Doll in a Tricycle Chair, CDV Photo by Elkan, Roubaix, France, 1890

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r/VictorianEra 7h ago

Sir William MacCormac shortly before he performs a surgery at Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1891

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r/VictorianEra 18h ago

Do you think Queen Victorian was attractive?

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Victorian wedding, 1897

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

2 ladies give each other fire for their cigaretts, circa 1890s

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Tsarevich Nicholas as Eugene Onegin and Grand Duchess Elizaveta as Tatyana Larina circa 1890.

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7 years from then, he would be married to her sister Alix and name his 2nd daughter Tatyana. His eldest was named Olga, just like the 2 Larina sisters from Eugene onegin.


r/VictorianEra 14m ago

Family Victorian Photo Album

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I have a lot more from the Edwardian Era but here are some of the photos from the Victorian Era I have. There are all in a tiny photo albumin.The first one is actually my 5x Great grandmother the rest I am unsure of who they are as only she was labeled in it. I know they were taken in Atlanta, GA. Sorry they are so dark in person they are less so. I think they were taken over time though and not all at once as the fashion seems to vary a bit.


r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Pit brow women or pit brow lasses were female surface labourers at British collieries. They worked at the coal screens on the pit bank (or brow) at the shaft top, 1860-1900

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Portrait of two unidentified women. Photographed in the 1870s.

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r/VictorianEra 13h ago

Hoping to meet like minded people

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31F | UK | Hoping to find others who genuinely live a Victorian way of life (1855–1870)

This is perhaps one of the more unusual introductions you will read today, but I thought it was worth asking.

I am a 31-year-old woman from the United Kingdom, and I regularly travel between England and Scotland. For many years I have lived, as far as reasonably possible in the modern world, according to the customs, manners, and spirit of the Victorian era—particularly the period between 1855 and 1870.

This is not simply an interest or an occasional hobby for me. It is my everyday way of life.

I dress in Victorian-inspired clothing every day, practise Victorian etiquette, and consult nineteenth-century etiquette books whenever I wish to understand how a lady or gentleman of the period would have conducted themselves. My speech is naturally rather formal, though I do simplify it when speaking with people who might not understand older expressions. When I am in Scotland, a few Scottish words naturally find their way into my conversation.

My hobbies are almost entirely those of the nineteenth century. I love reading Victorian literature and poetry, embroidery, sewing, cross-stitch, keeping a commonplace book, journalling, and writing with a fountain pen. Around 95% of what I write is set in the Victorian era, whether historical fiction or stories inspired by that period.

I enjoy preparing traditional dishes such as homemade soups and stews, listen mostly to classical music and old gospel hymns, and I read my Bible every day, copying a verse into my journal as part of my daily routine. My Christian faith is an important part of my life, though I am happy to get to know people from other backgrounds who are respectful of it.

I have even created a course of study for myself inspired by Victorian home education, including copywork, journalling, commonplace writing, literature, poetry, and other forms of self-improvement. I find great joy in learning as a person of that period might have done.

What I am hoping to find is someone who genuinely lives in a similar manner. Not someone who simply enjoys dressing up for an event or has a passing interest in Victorian history, but someone whose everyday life is shaped by the values, habits, and pursuits of that era. Someone who truly enjoys living quietly, courteously, and intentionally.

Friendship, correspondence, or whatever may naturally come of such an acquaintance would all be welcome. My preference is to meet people in the UK, Scotland, or Ireland simply because it makes visiting easier, but I would be delighted to hear from like-minded people anywhere in the world.

If you have read this and thought, "That sounds remarkably like me," then I would be very pleased to hear from you.


r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Group of ladies in a get together, circa 1885-8. Glass negative

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r/VictorianEra 8h ago

Phineas Gage, an American railroad construction foreman who miraculously survived an iron rod completely piercing his skull in 1848, fundamentally changing his personality and shaping early neuroscience.

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r/VictorianEra 23h ago

Wedding of H. H. Asquith and Margot Tennant, 10 May 1894

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Victorian witches. C.1875.

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278 Upvotes

r/VictorianEra 2d ago

This painting was completed in 1895. I didn’t know they had t-shirts like that back then?

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r/VictorianEra 1d ago

Late 19th century women’s fashion magazines

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I think this counts as victorian! I am resharing my post in another sub here. These are mid-late 1800s ladies fashion magazines my aunt acquired. She gave me some so now I have a bunch. Some of them are hand painted :)

Working on getting them framed if anyone has any recommendations!!


r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Photo of a Dinning cart inside a train from 1890s

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298 Upvotes

r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Nottingham, UK around 1899-1900

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r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Glass negative of a swedish lady with her baby on a corner of her room, circa 1890s.

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203 Upvotes

r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Olga, their dog and father, Tsar of all of Russia, 1897.

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124 Upvotes

r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Victorian chairs

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I purchased these chairs yesterday $50 for both!! Absolute steal! Google lense says their Victorian era, the one of the right potentially from 1890-1920. All original upholstery, beautiful


r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Some beautiful dresses from the 1860s,I love the silhouettes of this era!

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r/VictorianEra 2d ago

Una serie di foto d’epoca vittoriana, trovate in una casa abbandonata

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