In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

A stroll through the Presidential-portrait wing at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C., is, among other things, a game of Now You See It, Now You Don’t. In the beginning, not a whisper ...

Whether we prefer Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, or Thomas Hardy, we must admit many of fiction's rockstars reside in the nineteenth century. Since then, directors have made films off ...

Reimagine America dining room at Ballantine House. Ballantine House, a 19th Century beer mansion that's part of the Newark Museum of Art. Apart from the 19th Century B\W exhibit, the mansion's ...

As we scroll through our social media feeds today, we’re bombarded with countless images enhanced by modern photo editing tools. But the desire to perfect one’s appearance isn’t new. In the past, ...

From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 'monstrous births' -- malformed or anomalous fetuses -- were, to Western medicine, an object of superstition. In 19th-century America, they became instead an ...

Editors’ note: Feliks Banel does occasional contract work for the Downtown Seattle Association as a moderator of public discussion panels. As reported last week in a story about an upcoming history ...

Introduction: historical Latinidades and archival encounters / Rodrigo Lazo -- The errant Latino: Irisarri, Central Americanness, and migration's intention / Kirsten Silva Gruesz -- Historicizing ...

The Chrismans use antique appliances and ride 19th century bicycles. — -- Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman might have been born in the wrong century. Every single day for the past six years, the ...