"Edwardian" Blogs & Blog Posts

Ladderback chairs designed in 1903 by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) for  Glasgow Willow Tea-rooms came on the London market in 2014, and put me in mind of Glasgow businesswoman Kate Cranston ...

These rare photo booth images of people from the Edwardian era show that selfies aren't just a modern phenomenon.  From Vintage News Daily: "The first-ever working photo booth was made by French inventor T.E. Enjalbert in March 1889 and was present...

Noted businessman John Jacob Astor (1864-1912), who made his for­t­une in the fur trade, was 47 when the Titanic sank in April 1912. Acc­or­d­ing to survivor accounts, Astor didn’t believe the ship was in any kind of immed­iate danger. He hel...

600 ks east of Perth, the City of Kalgoorlie was a unique expression of gold fever. Unlike most goldmining towns, which last for perhaps a dec­ade, Kalgoorlie includes the famous Golden Mile and has an economy driven by gold since 1893. The central...

Knight, The Fishing Fleet, 1900  Boston Museum & Art Gallery.Knight, The Boys Newlyn Cornwall, 1909,  Johannesburg Art Gallery.Barbara Morden’s book dealt with the British artist born to the impov­erished Johnson fam­ily.

Czar Alexander II (ruled1855-81) was a great Russian royal, one of his suc­c­esses was emancipating serfs in 1861, ending the obscene sl­av­ery of Russian peasantry. This was before the US finally ended its obscene slavery in 1865.Alexander II wa...

Czar Alexander II (ruled1855-81) was a great Russian royal, one of his suc­c­esses was emancipating serfs in 1861, ending the obscene sl­av­ery of Russian peasantry. This was before the US finally ended its obscene slavery in 1865.Alexander II wa...