Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...
Marietta’s William Root House is hosting an exhibit this month showcasing the kinds of decor and customs that would have accompanied a funeral during the Victorian era. Visitors to the historic house ...
A group of Camosun College students recently staged a Victorian-style wake and pop-up exhibit as they delved into Victoria's historic funeral rituals. The students were part of an anthropology of ...
Victorian photography studios loved a good illusion, whether it was to accommodate the long exposure time, or play with it. There were no photographs taken of the 1865 funeral of New Yorker Seabury ...
Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...