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To: PennsylvaniaMom
Thanks for the post. I love stuff like this.

Me too! Here's another great site: Victorian Lace- Victorian Lifestyle

It, alas, has shut down but the creator of the site has left it open -- in that you can still klick on various links and check out things like:

1. Society and Lifestyle

CLOSED 4/3/05 The Flutter of a Fan (an unspoken language)

CLOSED 6/15/05 Romance and Relationships of the Victorian Era (courting practices of the 19th century)

Victorian Parasols (A Victorian Lady's most essentail accessory)

Gala and Glamour (Aristocratic social life of the Gilded Age)

Presentation at Court (A Victorian Debutante's "Coming Out" into fashionable Society)

Taking the Waters (The elegance of Victorian era resorts where the Society "Upper Crust" spent their summer months known as "The Season")

The Grand Hotels (Features some of the most magnificent hotels of the era)

Victorian Etiquette and Basic Rules of Propriety (A page detailing the essential Victorian manners, propriety, and etiquette rules--contains many excerpts and quotes from actual 19th century etiquette manuals)

Luncheon: "The Fasionable Luncheon" and "The Victorian Picnic" (The history and etiquette of the "mid-afternoon" meal, whether it was eaten as a social gathering indoors, or outside in the countryside)

Dinner at Eight: Victorian Dinner Parties (The pleasure of your company is requested......)

Welcome to "The London Season" (A page done in Q & A format, detailing the daily agenda for the most glittering Season of the Victorian Era---The London Season!)

The Victorian Ballroom (A glimpse into the history and etiquette of the fabulous balls held during the 19th century. Page describes all aspects of a Victorian Ball, including etiquette, fashions, music, dances, invitations, food, favors and much more!)

BELOW STAIRS: Life of the Victorian Domestic Servant (A comprehensive view of the lives of 19th-century servants, spread out over three webpages, (because each pages is filled with images and is, therefore, graphically heavy). This series provides a compendious look at THE VICTORIAN DOMESTIC SERVANT.)

etc. etc. etc.....

[I don't know how long this site is going to stay up, but I know I'm off to do a whole lot of printing off this site!]

9 posted on 09/13/2005 11:17:53 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: yankeedame

To live in Victorian times would be
a dream it seems for me.
The wealthy lived very well and dined
on fine China of the Oriental kind.

The poor on the other hand
had it quite dismal
lived in cold houses
with left over scraps to eat.

Children died in work houses
the poor were abused by most
while luxury rode in closed carriages
usually warm as toast.

bentfeather
Copyright 2005

11 posted on 09/13/2005 11:42:19 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (Going to the End of the Line...)
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To: yankeedame

Me too!!! Many thanks...I have long thought I was born in the wrong era. Sigh.


12 posted on 09/13/2005 12:10:34 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (Shiny things distract me :))
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