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In the early 19th century, Shrewsbury Flaxmill was a factory for manufacturing yarn and thread from flax plant. Up to 1,000 people worked and often lived in the mill, including children as young ...
19th Century White House Female Kitchen Staff The White House Historical Association joined with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to look at the role of food and dining in ...
19th Century Condom, With Erotic Image, On Display At Dutch Museum Measuring under eightinches, the condom is in "mint condition". UV testing revealed it hasn't been used, says Joyce Zelen ...
North Jersey 19th century farmhouse tied to apple trade on the market for $1.939 million 2-minute read David M. Zimmer NorthJersey.com 0:04 ...
UK repeals 19th-century law In the amendment passed by British MPs, parts of the 1861 law will be revoked. The bill was originally passed by an all-male parliament that deemed that ending a ...
June 5, 2025 A 19th-Century Water Tower in the U.K. Is Now a $3.7 Million Coastal Retreat The Victorian-era structure in the seaside town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk stands 72 feet tall with ...
Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s ...
A previously unknown shipwreck lying in nearly 70 meters of water off the coast of Estonia's largest island, Saaremaa, may be of a British collier which sank in the mid-19th century. The site has been ...
Its future becomes apparent only as visitors make their way through the complex. Just beyond the halfway point, the solid enclosure of the eponymous tunnel suddenly gives way to what firm partner ...
In the late 19th century, studies of oyster grounds were rare, and scientific surveys almost always occurred after the habitat had been destroyed. Low densities of oysters became the scientific norm.
A 19th century ship that sank nearly 140 years ago has been found “frozen in time” off Britain’s coast. Twenty-three crew members died when the SS Nantes sank off the coast of Cornwall in ...