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Regency Travel: Traveling Abroad in the 19th Century

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Although advances in steam packets would explode international travel in the mid to late 1800s, the Regency and early Victorian/late Georgian eras still saw some Continue →

Regency Fashion: Receipt for Whitening Straw for Ornamental Use

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The following receipt for whitening straw for ornamental use, like with bonnets, comes from A New System of Practical Domestic Economy (1823): The customary mode Continue →