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NEW BLOG POST: 'Nineteenth-Century Nuts: the Anatomy of a Victorian Lad’s Mag (Part 1)'. http://www.digitalvictorianist.com/2014/04/victorian-lads-mag/ … #twitterstorians
@DigiVictorian @CitiesVictorian You'll like this Lux soap flakes advert (1900) - more child suffering! pic.twitter.com/92E73166zF
Here's another one! 'He won't be happy till he gets it'... *shudder* (1892) pic.twitter.com/PV9H6GENff
Christmas Advert for Pears Soap (1897). 'Oh, the humanity!' Why are their ads always so creepy? pic.twitter.com/8HEILoNrNh
In the interests of fairness I should point out that the lion also finished its performance. So, good professionalism all round.
The three men returned to finish their card game... after one of them had been prised from the lion's mouth!
'A Fool's Bet' (1895). First rule of poker: let the lion win. pic.twitter.com/7lYyDa3C4q
Fearful Encounter With a Wild Man (1877). His 'lurking place' wasn't found; best avoid woodland walks near Salisbury. pic.twitter.com/g9xsEAwrgA
'A Modern Wild Man of the Woods' (1899). Well, it beats working for a living... This chap used to be a secretary! pic.twitter.com/MtWuHEfLqx
Oscar Wilde was born #OnThisDay in 1854. Here are his main appearances in the Illustrated Police News (1895-1897): pic.twitter.com/72R6r9yhg4
Oscar Wilde was born #onthisday in 1854. Here's Alfred Bryan's caricature of him http://ow.ly/CNlfH pic.twitter.com/d1gnaLOPid
Lots of historians sent @JBHist their ideas for innovative seminar activities, so she's collected them up: http://wp.me/p3La8W-eK
Stranded Victorian time traveller. Writer of chilling tales. Former editor of White Dwarf magazine. FB: http://www.facebook.com/thelostvictorian …
QI Elf, Private Eye journalist, panellist on No Such Thing As A Fish - The QI Podcast, and performer in @AustenImpro and @folieimpro. All views nonsense.
Tickets for the British Library Labs Symposium on Nov 3 are going fast. Grab 'em while you can! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-library-labs-symposium-2014-tickets-13385782235 … #twitterstorians
'Walking in the Zoo' also had some remarkably inventive lyrics. Powerful stuff... (2/2) pic.twitter.com/4YlOGVWR4G
'Walking in the Zoo' (c1869). It looks like he's doing the robot! (1/2) pic.twitter.com/UqKy2lXiNn
@DigiVictorian Ancestor of Burlington Bertie (and Ella Shields)? http://youtu.be/lN1JxKPYrJY
The Man With the Mashing Eye (1890). The next Bond villain? With that curvacious figure he could be a Bond girl too! pic.twitter.com/DCeQ8MNcXl
Cure the Polka (1861). A levitating harlequin that's dead behind the eyes? If this is the cure, I'll keep the disease pic.twitter.com/6VDjYpoLfH
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