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Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography
A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...
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Rare 19th-century condom with erotic etching goes on display at Dutch museum
A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix ...
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Rare 19th-century condom goes on display at a museum
(CNN) - A rare 19th-century condom is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. The Dutch National Museum in Amsterdam said it’s believed the condom was made from a sheep’s appendix.
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The 19th-century Paris morgue that turned dead bodies into public entertainment
In 19th-century Paris, the Paris Morgue became a popular attraction, drawing crowds eager to view unclaimed bodies. This fascination with death, a precursor to modern true crime entertainment ...
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A 19th-Century Condom With a Bawdy Print Makes Its Museum Debut
a small exhibition at the Rijksmuseum that explores 19th-century sex work and sexual health predominately through Dutch and French prints. In the interim between acquisition and display ...
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British School, 19th Century
Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...
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These cool photos picture 21st century Milwaukee through a 19th century lens
Photographer Eric Baillies' 'Temporal Bridge - Shadows of Milwaukee' exhibition, which opens on June 5, offers views of 21st century Milwaukee captured with 19th century technology. You just may ...
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Bones found on NJ beaches identified as captain of 19th century shipwreck
Skeletal remains found on different beaches along the Jersey Shore belong to the captain of a 19th century ship that sank off the coast of Atlantic County, investigators announced this week.
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The diet crazes of the nineteenth century
The forthcoming celebration of the centenary of the discovery of benzene … will, it is hoped, interest and stimulate all who realise the value of science to the community. Though most famous as ...
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a 19th-century escape from the contemporary world
After the war ended, the fort was returned to the U.S., and as the fur trade declined throughout the 19th century, tourism began to pick up on the island and has thrived since. But it wasn’t ...