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#writing #history #victorian #queenvictoria #1840s #1850s

We talked about why men in the 1850s suddenly went beardy and my friend thought it might have been because gold rushes were cool. After reading this article, I think he was kind of on the right track:

https://www.portrait.gov.au/content/the-1850s-to-the-1880s

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#MensFashion #GoldRush #1850s #Beards #FacialHair

A moment in time. "Hurdy gurdy girls" in the Canadian gold fields c. 1850. #canada #1850s #goldrush #amomentintime

RT @kateStrasdin
Dress fabrics in the #1850s really were wild. Popular innovations in printing technologies alongside emerging synthetic dyes saw manufacturers throw everything into their designs. No print was too big or too bright it seems….. @TheWadsworth #fashionhistory