February 16, 2018
Poison In The Pot – The 19th Century Whistleblower and the Poison Squad Accum’s book “A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons”. A spider lurks in the middle of the web over its prey, and a skull crowns Read more…
February 10, 2018
St. Valentine’s Day – Love and Vinegar In The 19th Century C.A. Asbrey The custom of celebrating St. Valentine’s Day came to America with European immigrants. Handmade valentines were exchanged up until the 1850s until mass-produced cards began to be Read more…
February 3, 2018
The Cleveland Street Scandal Tim Alderman The Cleveland Street scandal occurred in 1889, when a homosexual male brothel in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, was discovered by police. At the time, sexual acts between men were illegal in Britain, and Read more…
This Infamous 19th-Century Birth Control Pamphlet Got Its Writer Imprisoned Charles Knowlton did three months hard labor and was fined $50 By Kat Eschner The change in modern attitudes owes a lot to doctors like Charles Knowlton, born on this Read more…
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