In the nineteenth century, many people had heirlooms made out of their loved one’s hair. These items were delicately crafted and made as mementos for friends and loved ones, used …
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Victorian craze for spiritualism and all things supernatural swept through the United States. Mediums held seances in parlors, fortune-telling games skyrocketed in popularity, and photographers …
In 1869, an anonymous author penned a novel titled The Green of the Period. The plot is simple; three friends discuss newspaper reports and their own close encounters with a villain the …