Tag: Victorian
Tag Description:On the Month of February
Source: Demorest’s Monthly, February 1897 It seems strange that so dreary a month as February should ever have been graced with the charming myths which have gathered about St. Valentine’s Day, and made its observance one of the relics of the fairy-land of love and dreams, which passed away when the shriek of the steam-whistle, [...]
Cora’s Valentine
By Edyth Kirkwood, as published in Peterson’s Magazine, February 1884 “Ah! there you are at last, Cora. I was just going to send your breakfast up to you. Did you have a pleasant time, at the party, last night?” Cora drew up her chair, stirred her coffee sleepily, repressed a yawn, and replied, slowly: “It [...]
The Broken Hearted
I have seen the infant sinking down, like a stricken flower, to the grave—the strong man fiercely breathing out his soul upon the field of battle—the miserable convict standing upon the scaffold, with a deep curse quivering on his lips—I have viewed death in all his forms of darkness and vengeance with a tearless eye,—but [...]
My Valentine Tree
I’ve transformed my white Christmas tree into a Victorian Valentine tree, with glitter-encrusted copies of antique Victorian Valentine postcards.
Valentine’s Day 2010
I took a little break after Christmas, I hope that you’ve had a splendid holiday and that 2010 has been treating you kindly thus far. I’m in the midst of excavating some of the old Victorian Valentine’s Day content that had been on this site before the “Mid-Web Crisis” of last January. Look for these [...]
The Value of a Scrap-Book
Many of the vintage images found on this site come from antique Victorian scrapbooks that I’ve collected over the years. You can find a nice selection of free vintage images and Victorian clip art on this site. Enjoy this old article, The Value of a Scrap-Book, from Household Hints and Recipes by Henry T. Willams [...]
