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Why are there buttons in the armpits of my 1890s bodice?

A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago. Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion.

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My mother wearing her great-great grandmother’s gown circa 1980. We still have it but it’s too fragile to wear now

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What was **normal everyday life** like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago? Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes that offer a glimpse into the past.

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I’ve been a vegetarian/mostly vegan for 13 years and I still get way too upset when I think about my friends eating animals

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My Sunday laundry // John Sloan, A Woman’s Work, 1912

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My uncle 18 months old poured a pot of hot coffee on his head. My grandparents were not the most responsible parents in the world

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What was **normal everyday life** like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago? Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes that offer a glimpse into the past.

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somebody dropped their gender

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Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them, photographs or discarded cutouts. Appreciate the forgotten artifacts of everyday life. Share any paper that you found (on the ground, stuck in some bushes or between cans of soup at the store for example) and you do not know who wrote it. Love letters, doodles, interesting to-do or grocery lists, notes from the past - share your discovery with us!

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My friend called my outfit “Dasha-inspired” 😔 it’s a genuine U.S. Navy uniform from World War II

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Accidental insults are the most brutal

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They dug up the cemetery to build the church and then paved the garden walls with the gravestones

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I accidentally deleted your chat request please come back

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Husband told me about “experimenting” with “opium” in college

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Father son bonding

This subreddit is for unexpected twists in videos and gifs.

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Always mentally hung up on wishing I was model-thin when I lack the discipline to achieve it

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Found my new favorite crazy person at work today: 1976 write-in presidential candidate, General Magnifico

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Gorgeous graphic design/illustrations in these 1960s marketing booklets from companies bidding for state constracts

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How to remove ink stain from leather without removing the paint?

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r/fixit has temporarily gone dark to protest the proposed changes to Reddit's API access policies. **Be Excellent To Each Other.**

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How to remove ink stain from leather without removing paint

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Welcome to r/HowTo! Where you can learn how to do anything and everything yourself! Need advice on how to start a podcast or how to fix your rocket ship? Ask away!

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This was considered comically obese in 1958

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Photo of grandfather-in-law meeting Richard M Nixon hanging on the wall amongst the kindergarten portraits

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Here’s the actual photo of a woman protesting bras, not Katie Holmes’s 2018 reenactment that was posted this morning 😅

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Welcome! Explore a treasure trove of vintage photographs, offering glimpses into yesteryears. Share your historic images, family photos, and intriguing finds for the community to uncover their secrets. Engage in lively discussions, ask questions, and collaborate to unveil the stories behind each image. Enhance the experience by providing context, historical insights, and personal anecdotes. Witness the evolution of our world through iconic moments and everyday snapshots captured in the past.

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I think Norway’s stave churches are some of the most beautiful buildings on earth, can’t wait to visit them someday

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Is anyone else chronically disappointed by their unrealistic expectations of “going out”?

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My husband’s great-granduncle and wife c. 1900 in western Virginia. Born of an enslaved woman and her owner, he was raised as a free “mulatto” by his white stepmother (who co-owned his biological mother). Moved out of town and passed as white throughout his adult life.

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What was **normal everyday life** like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago? Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes that offer a glimpse into the past.

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Vegan Thanksgiving 🥰

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Genuinely how is anyone NOT a doomer?

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