The Dead Leafs

Isabella Marie Elisabeth, Princess of Bavaria and Duchess Consort of Genoa Tommaso Alberto Vittorio, Prince of Savoy and 2nd Duke of Genoa

“A busy neighbourhood” — one of the many illustrations of a futuristic 1950s in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890). While the flying cars have not (yet) come to pass, Robida’s imagining of  life 60 years in the future includes many prescient visions. There’s a proto Zoom / Netflix hybrid; frictionless trains which anticipate the Hyperloop; and doorknockers replaced with a “recording phonograph with photographic lens”, allowing residents to both screen visitors and take messages in the event of their absence: a smart doorbell before its time.More here:

https://publicdomainreview.org/…/albert-robida-la-vie…

Buy Me a Coffee

Paul Thompson

New York Tribune, Mar. 25, 1917

Cabinet portrait, c. 1908

Vintage German postcard. Probably Gustav Liersch & Co. (GL Co), no. 0565/66. Mailed in France, 1900s.

Despite what you might see on Bridgerton, finding a match in the Regency Era was not as easy as it seems. Courtship was a complicated process that was full of rules, the breaking of which could lead to scandal and social ruin. In this video we will cover the London marriage season, how to find a partner, rules of dating, and marriage in the Regency Era.