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As New York grew into an industrial port, the island accommodated an oil refinery and shipyard during the 19th century ... Like High Island, the Chimney Sweep Islands lie just beneath City ...
A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix ...
In 19th-century Paris, the Paris Morgue became a popular attraction, drawing crowds eager to view unclaimed bodies. This fascination with death, a precursor to modern true crime entertainment ...
(CNN) - A rare 19th-century condom is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. The Dutch National Museum in Amsterdam said it’s believed the condom was made from a sheep’s appendix.
a small exhibition at the Rijksmuseum that explores 19th-century sex work and sexual health predominately through Dutch and French prints. In the interim between acquisition and display ...
Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...
Skeletal remains found on different beaches along the South Jersey Shore belong to the captain of a 19th century ship that sank off the coast of Atlantic County, investigators announced this week.
Photographer Eric Baillies' 'Temporal Bridge - Shadows of Milwaukee' exhibition, which opens on June 5, offers views of 21st century Milwaukee captured with 19th century technology. You just may ...
A notorious 19th century Scottish con artist who went by more than 40 aliases once duped crofters on Skye with a wild promise of a better life, thousands of miles away in a swamp. Annie Gordon ...