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Hottest Holiday Gifts for the Victorian Minded

08 Thursday Dec 2016

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The Place Pigalle, Paris by Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, 1880

It is here! The Victoriana shopping guide for 2016! Because we are all aware that you do not have gifts for everyone on your list yet.–And if you do, are you mad?! Please, teach me! This holiday list is a 19th century take on the Forbes Lifestyle List. Likewise, many of the items may only be in the realm of possibility for those with a Forbes lifestyle, such as the original Edwardian magnate; Bruce Charles Forbes. (The periodical first came out in 1917, just FYI.) So here it goes, the top eight things for the 19th century modern person in your life. The list includes current items available for purchase from companies established in the 19th century with or without the “classic lines.” All pictures are linked to their shopping page, unless otherwise noted.

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The Meadows in the 19th Century

15 Friday Apr 2016

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The history of Las Vegas (or translated in English; The Meadows) springs forth from the natural spring water in and around the area, painting it with lush desert flora and fauna. Legend has it a Spanish explorer Rafael Rivera was the first European to set eyes on area back in 1829. It thus christened the spot Las Vegas. It was to be a natural short cut and stop for folks heading west on toward California.

Rafael Rivera in the Las Vegas Valley

 

John C. Fremont by Charles Loring Elliott, 1857

Fifteen years later a gentleman by the name of John C. Fremont wrote a first hand account of natural beauty and resources of the land. When his journal was published, more Easterners  were inspired to flock to this budding oasis in the desert.

 

In 1855, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons deemed The Meadows an ideal location between Los Angles and Salt Lake City. They erected a fort for the safety of their people.

A little less than ten years later, Nevada joined the union in 1864 as the 36th of the United States of America.

In the succeeding years, many precious metal veins were found in Nevada, bringing a whole new demographic of people, from prospectors to farmers. These settlers could purchase an acre of land for $1.25 via the State Land Act of ’85. To add to the population, at the turn of the century the railway between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas was completed making travel (and permanently moving!) more convenient and comfortable.

William Clark

On May 15th, 1905 Las Vegas was incorporated as a full fledged city!  Two years and two months later Nevada Legislature created Clark County named after, my very own ancestor (from my father’s mother’s side) William Clark who was instrumental bringing a new railway through southern Nevada. By 1911 Las Vegas had a population of 800 people!

 

My how times have changed. The Meadows lost its sweet luster when sin and vice took over in 1930s and “it’s all gone done hill from there.”

For Book Lovers Only

24 Wednesday Feb 2016

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Portrait of a Girl Reading by Thomas Sully, 1842

Pre-Reads are here! Which means it is the last Wednesday of the month! What a blur of activity I’ve had this February! According to my calendar I had literally 25 days worth of appointments and play dates scheduled! So it’s nice to eek out some time for our much beloved book post!

 

Below are eight fiction titles and eight non-fiction titles of recently published, soon to be published, or re-released (in the case of non-fiction) books coming out this month. The titles are highly reviewed via Amazon, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, and Baker and Taylor’s website. Non-fiction, as its nature, is harder to find reviews for, but nevertheless I have combed through many sources to bring you readers all sixteen of these 19th century inspired titles. I try to present a well-rounded collection and not lean to heavily in one sub-genre or topic. In other words, there should be something for everyone! Due to their recent publication dates, I have not had the pleasure of reading any of these myself so I will be unable to assist you with a personal Reader’s Advisory pitch. Look for yourself and see if anything strikes your fancy. Which ones will you place on hold at your local library or bookstore? If you have read any of them already, do you agree with the review and recommend the title? Let us all know!

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News Time

17 Wednesday Feb 2016

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1800s, 19th Century, Animal, Art, Dance, Dogs, History, Music, Painting, Paramormal, Portrait, Science, Society, Theater, Victorian, Women

Waiting for the Times by Benjamin Robert Haydon

Have you been scouring the news as I have? If so, you’ll notice it was slim pickings this month for 19th century inspired headlines. Do not misunderstand, I still have eight lovely articles for you to peruse, but not the mind-blowing awesomeness that sometimes pervades these newsie posts. Of course, there are a couple that really stand out for me. The first being a very lengthy article on Terriers of the Westminster Dog Show. It is quite fascinating. The other is an article about the posh society portraits that was all the rage during the Gilded Age of America. Good Lord, what a handsome man!–You’ll have to click on the link to see what I am referring to. The whole article makes me yearn for portraits of me and mine. Other headlines touch on a Victorian dancing society, a 19th century modern play that is a twist on the moors of Victorian Gothics literature, an African composer, the story of Anne Weir, “ridiculous” reasons to commit someone, and love and scandal in the graveyard! You read that right!

 

  • Commitment Issues
  • Dancing the Night Away
  • Darling Anne
  • Love from Beyond the Grave
  • May I Have Some Moors
  • Music to Your Ears
  • The Portrait of Society
  • Terrors of Westminster

 

Austria Glitz

29 Friday Jan 2016

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Emperor Franz Joseph 1830-1916 at Ball in Vienna in 1900 to Salute Start of New Century by Wilhelm Gause, 1900

 

Europe, “where history comes from” or so it is said. Of course, the I say ‘history’ I mean the 19th century; my favorite hundred-year span in Time. In Vienna, Austria, the 19th century got off to a turbulent start. During his world building years, the great Napoleon Bonaparte had his French troops twice occupy the capital of Austria in 1805 and 1809. The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved and Franz I was forced to abdicate his position at the head of it by the hands of Napoleon.  In 1810 Napoleon takes the Habsburg archduchess Marie-Louise as his second wife, married by proxy. That was just the first decade!

The Viennese treasury went bankrupt the following year from all its military spending against the French Revolutionaries. After Napoleon’s first defeat, The Congress of Vienna redraws the map of Europe. Klemens von Metternich restored the pride and influence of his beloved Austria in 1815. The following thirty years was a time of peace and another Golden Age of Austria burgeoned. From this, the Biedermeirer period flourishes thanks to the bourgeoisie middle class encouraging the culture of architecture, painting, music and literature. Advancing technology and the start of the Industrial Revolution  changed the skyline of Vienna. In 1832 the first steam ship company was created to navigate the Danube River. Later the first railway line opened the same year Queen Victoria ascended the throne over in England.

1875

But peace was not for everyone, nor did it last. National politics all but erased civil rights, favored a police state, and the economy was all about profit from industrialization at the expense of the workers. In 1848 a violent revolution erupts, not just in Austria but all over Europe. Absolute autocracy is imposed and ushers in the now 18 year old Franz Joseph I to the seat of power, for which he will remain for the next 68 years! Six years after ascending the throne Franz Joseph I married the 15 year old Bavarian Duchess Elisabeth. An explosion of artistic development rejuvenated the capital starting with the Ringstrassenzone. It was part showcase of the empire and part practical, as a replacement of the original city walls.

 

In 1862 the flooding of the Danube, inspires the city to reconfigure and regulate the river. During the same year the first public city park in Vienna opens: Stadtpark. Vienna became a glitter gem in the crown jewels of Austria. Theaters, coffeehouses, concert halls, palaces and homes were well lit, clean and maintained. A town hall was built. Even the water supply was improved. In 1867 Hungary and Austria become the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Two years later the Wiener Staatsoper/Vienna State Opera House with its Romantic Realist paintings on the walls opens with Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Devastating news hit the royal family 1889 when the heir to the throne was found dead under mysterious circumstances with his 18 year old mistress. Almost ten years later the Empresses would be assassinated on the bridge. By 1914 the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Habsburg Empire, sparks World War I.

*Paraphrased from Frommer’s Vienna and the Danube Valley, 2009

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