Cottage, Village, City and Town, assorted sites for old house and history fans

The Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court, 16th c.
St. Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life
Plas Mawr, the home of an Elizabethan Welsh merchant
Life in Elizabethan England

The Helen Allingham Society , H.Allingham was a noted Victorian watercolorist. She produced many beautiful cottage and garden paintings. A very enjoyable site.
The work of Artist William Albert Green, a 20th c. artist who produced numerable pen and ink sketches of old English buildings.
Johannes Vermeer Site, here you can visit the Holland of Vermeer and the 1600’s. There are plans and elevations of houses , a great site to explore
The Virtual Village of Wichamstow, life in Britain during the Dark Ages. A part of the Regia Anglorum site, a historic reenactment group.
The Homes and Furnishings of Dark Age Britain, another regia Anglorum site
Cotswold Cottage photos at this Webshots site, Other nice pictures too,.
Welcome to the Cotswolds Edge….a rewarding site to browse. Many old photos of town, country and village
Pictures of England, Another site to browse through. In the left hand column you’ll find “picture tours”, click on it and a list will come up. You can select cottages, or pubs, river scenes, etc.
Old Scottish Scenes, part of “tour Scotland”. Click on the thumbnails and you’ll see an enlargement with a description.
Historic Buildings in the British Isles, Interesting, and easy to get lost in.
The Food Timeline, who ate what when, etc.
Images Online From the British Library, the subject index
The New York Public Library Picture Collection. Browse or search old illustrations for pictures of animals, old New York, costumes, pioneer life, etc.

The Brinegar Cabin, you can read about the Brinegar family and cabin life in North Carolina. By the way, apparently Paul Brinegar, who played the crusty old trail cook on Rawhide in the 50's may have been a relative. If you google the cabin, you’ll find more pictures.
Stone Roofing in England. This page will show pictures of stone roofs in Dorset and Somerset. Click on the “Regions” link on the left and you’ll see links to other pictures on the site.
The George Eastman House Photography Collection, A large collection of photos. Many are from the 19th c.
The American Museum of Photography

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Ad Access, images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955

DIGITAL LIBRARIAN , a librarian's choice of the best of the web, lots to explore for just about any interests.
ADVERTISING IN AMERICA, 1850-1920, interesting
THE BROOKLYN EAGLE 1841-1902.The entire newspaper is online.
THE 19TH C. IN PRINT, from the Library of Congress. An assortment of periodicals online. MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER has plans for houses in many of its issues. I found selecting the option of “volumes for this periodical”, the simplest way to browse through the pages.
THE PAST WHISPERS. A collection of historic and not so historic information and pictures….assorted stuff., lots and lots of links, too, I enjoyed this site.
YESTERDAY’S KITCHEN, one of the pages from The Past Whispers. I selected this one to list separately because I thought it would have special appeal to many of my readers.
DIGITAL HISTORY, an interesting history site, for instance, check out “social history” and “private life”
HISTORY MATTERS In particular, check the "many pasts" section.
There are some great accounts, for example, excerpts from a book by
Gottlieb Mittelberger, a German migrant who wrote about his
experiences in America in 1750. They've published a section about the
voyage to America and the sale of indentured servants in Philadelphia.
MORE ABOUT GOTTLIEB MITTELBERGER If you found the accounts of Gottlieb Mittelberger interesting, this site has more excerpts. In case you didn’t read about Gottlieb, he sailed to America in 1750, returning to Germany in 1754, where he wrote a booklet describing life in America.
AMERICAN FOOD CENTURY. food timeline, old jingles...
VIEWFINDER a searchable English histroic image source,
hit picture gallery, then you can search by word or theme.
Historical Yellow Pages that sell historic reproductions and other things useful of renactors, TV and film studios, etc. I’ve only glanced at a few listings, but it seems pretty good so far.
http://www.shypages.com/