Victorian life

Brooke Shields was born on May 31, 1965, in New York City, to Terri and Frank Shields. Her father was a Revlon executive and her mother a mo...

The photos were taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson and give a glimpse into the daily grind of life in the capital over 150 years ago. Eleven of Thomson's images have been colourised.

Standards of beauty change dramatically from decade to decade, says JANE SHILLING. Still, it is hard to account for the fact that, if the photographs of the 19th century are to be believed, most of our female ancestors were complete frights.

The teaching profession has come a long way.

CHILLING photographs show children’s daily struggle to survive in Liverpool slums during the Victorian era. In tattered clothes and without shoes, the poor kids faced a brutal grind to get by…

The images below were scanned from our private collection of antique ephemera. You're welcome to share them with friends and re-post them for your own private projects free of cost, but please...

“You'll never look at a period piece the same way again. Ruth Goodman, a historian who lives her studies, takes the "Dawn to Dusk" approach seriously. Her re-creation of ...”

“#archive30 today is #Memory so I'd like to remember all the #MiningWomen I research thanks to @HistoryTeesside @ahrcpress @HeritagePhD #PitBrowLasses #PatchGirls #BalMaidens”

The economic transformations of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century brought about further changes in men's and women's roles. Work was less likely to be done in the home, as fewer and fewer Americans lived on farms, and men left the home to work in offices and factories. Men assumed sole responsibility for the financial support of the family, becoming the breadwinners, a term coined in the early 19th century. Married women were not supposed to work for wages, and were considered…

The series of stunning photographs show a young couple dressed in opulent clothing, teenage girls with their hair in ringlets and children all with a solemn look on their faces.