For most of the 19th century, newspapers were slim things. Every page had to be typeset by hand, meaning that the largest daily newspapers stretched to only 8 or 12 pages—and many were even shorter.

The old light fixtures we see so often in Brooklyn townhouses that we think are original to the building are quite often early electric lights or mid 20th century chandeliers.

Cameron Laux steps away from the canon, asking experts around the globe for their favourite underrated 19th-Century novels.

Milk for Floors, Bread for Walls: 19th-Century Cleaning Tips for the Modern Era Just in time for spring cleaning, a conservation group in England has delved into the past for how to clean in the ...

In the early 19th century, British people finally had access to the first vaccine in history, one that promised to protect them from smallpox, among the deadliest diseases of the era.

Not until the 19th century—perhaps around 1860 or 1880—did middle-class Americans commonly do so, and not until the early 20th century were birthday celebrations a tradition nationwide.

Early 19th-century armoires, such as these credited to the 'Butterfly Man,' were used to store anything and everything, says art historian Cybele Gontar.

Grosso writes in God’s Country: “In tracing the early development of ecclesiastical architecture in the Genesee Valley, this books takes us from the beginning years of the 19th century into those of ...

In the late 18th and early 19th century the Romantics went one better, crediting children with deeper wisdom than adults.