mortality
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #6
Today we begin to archive a new type of Victorian card. The images above are front then back of the card, front then back of the card etcetera. They were supposed to be possessed by evil spirits, transplanted into the card by the creature on the back. An aspiring witch could use them for casting…
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The Grizzly Bear Boxing Club Collection
This is a one-off collection of images centred around The Grizzly Bear Boxing Club which operated in Haggerston, London during the latter years of the 19th century. The members who were courageous enough trained solely to fight a grizzly bear. This was often a life or death event, and in the club’s history only 8…
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Post-mortem Photography (My Sleeping Beauty) Collection #1
Most people with a keen interest in Victorian history will have come across post-mortem photography (more commonly known as death photography). It was a style of photography which flourished during the latter part of the 19th century. Most post-mortem photographs floating around the public domain tend to depict deceased family members in an early stage…
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