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The 1860s were the peak of clothes as a form of passive resistance ... Some ladies even wore black to their own weddings. But black crinoline dresses often had another, practical function – as it was ...

Back in the era of corsets and crinoline, ladies were heavily covered ... but on her mind,” says the manual The Perfect Gentleman from 1860. Want someone to remember you or know you’d stopped ...

(#) For 1993-1997 model years include 7.4L (300 HP) Mercruiser engine (##) Use your engine's horsepower rating. Price with Standard Equipment Standard equipment includes the features that come with ...

In the last half of the 19th century, America underwent a series of changes. The Civil War brought tensions over slavery to a head, and resulted in thousands of deaths. Following the conflict ...

A piece of obsidian rock sits on display in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. William Healey Dall collected the rock in the 1860s near the Nowitna River in Interior Alaska.

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Offering an in-depth overview and reappraisal of the 1860s in British literature, this innovative volume features in-depth analyses from ...

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...

The 1860s brick row house in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill had a lot going for it: tall ceilings, lacy moldings, marble mantels, and ...

In 1860, on the cusp of the Civil War, the Republican National Convention in Chicago not only took a chance on a one-term congressman named Abraham Lincoln, but introduced the nation to one of the ...

The waterfront property and its homestead were built in the 1860s by Martin Bruce, who had also established the Bruce Dry Dock Company while the Civil War was still underway. The company began on ...

Though the minstrel show declined in popularity during the 1860s, blackface has retained a unique place in American culture. When the Fisk Jubilee Singers--a black gospel group from the first ...