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Regency Science and Invention: Paris and the Modern Rollercoaster

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Although a wheeled roller coaster called the Switchback is said to exist as early as the 1600s in Russia, Paris is often said to be the birthplace Continue →

Regency Men: Anthony le Texier

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Anthony A. Le Texier (1731-1814) was a French actor and director “renowned for being able to put on a play by acting all the different Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Pictorial Cards

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Appearing in the March 1818 issue of Ackermann’s Repository, this plate of pictorial cards shows the thoughtful symbolism that could be employed in a deck Continue →