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/
Cottage, Village, City and Town, assorted sites for old house and history fans
Georgian and Early American
New York’s Dutch Houses, an article from James Fennimore Cooper Society with information and some illustrations of NY Dutch built dwellings
Photos of Mt.Vernon, some I haven't seen before.
Cape Cod Houses
Saltbox Houses
Timberframe Houses
The Home of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, The Virtual Tour will show you a floor plan, photos and text.
The Fairbanks House, 1636, many photos with detailed plans
Places In Time, many images of old Philadelphia, including floorplans for some
Mid Twentieth Century
1940’S DÉCOR, with a link to 50’s Christmas decorating and some other interesting and informative pages
Antique gas stoves.com is a company that restores mid 20th century gas stoves, with a nice picture gallery of their restoration work.
Links for early Twentieth Century homes
Trimbelle River Studio , stencils from the Arts and Crafts movement
Ice Box memories dedicated to the ice box
Bungalows, from the Library of Congress, there are photos and some floor plans and elevations.
Furniture Catalogs from 1907 to 1933, from the Arcadia Furniture Co., of Michigan
Plumbing Fixtures Catalog from 1911
Craftsman Perspective, the sitemap page, for info on Craftsman homes
Antique Home, vintage house plans, view 20th century homes from various old catalogs.
A listing of Sears House Plans
The Sears Homes Archive, 1908-1940 Hit “images of homes” dates display, a page of pictures of houses pops up. Then you can click on the picture to see the original catalog page.
The Aladdin Co. Sales Catalog 1908-1954
Decopix, an Art Deco Architecture site.
Victorian architectural and historic links
Victorian plumbing, pages from 1884 catalog fixtures for bathrooms, laundries and kitchens
Victorian plumbing, pages from 1877-1893 catalogs
Vintage Plumbing.com has a nice gallery of early 1900's bathrooms and some kitchens
The Judge’s Lodgings 1870’s Wales, The home and courtroom of a Victorian judge.
Antique Stoves.com .In addition to selling refurbished stoves their site has a nice history of stoves.
http://www.antiquestoves.com/
The Good Time Stove Co. more antique stoves
Victoriana.com has information for the remodeler, the shopper, and history buff
Victorian London as viewed through publications of the times. Much, much information
Vintage Designs.com lots of information on American architecture and interior design
Photos and illustrations from the centennial of 1876 in Philadelphia.
Bricks and Brass, a British site for owners of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses
Places in Time, from Bryn Mawr University. Images, documents, links to learn about the history of places and dwellings in the Greater Philadelphia area. This is one of my all-time favorite sites. The amount of information is enormous. There are floor plans for row houses and more. I’ve visited here often but there’s still so much to see. Take a look and you’ll see what I mean.
Adelphi Paperhangings sells reproduction wallpapers from 1750 to 1860
Reproduction Fabrics says they have the largest selection of reproduction fabrics on the web,
1775 TO 1950
Roofing for Historic Buildings, a guide to roofing materials and when they were in use
Prints and Photographs Reading Room, at the Library of Congress. You can browse or search this site and find many images of interiors etc.
Another page from the Library of Congress image library
Yet another page of Library of Congress Images. Sites have been rearranged recently. It’s very easy to lose your way on the Library of Congress image sites, so be sure to bookmark your pages if you ever want to find them again!
Victorian Houses, and a guide to major architectural styles. At the bottom you’ll find links to gallery
pages.
A Guide to Stick Style Architecture from the U. of Dartmouth Library.
The New York Public Library Digital Collection holds hundreds of thousands of images. I found the Victorian plumbing catalogs there, for example.
Dezignare Interior Design Library, Collections page, a large list of interior design and architectural design links.
Backroad Homes sells plans for many period style outbuildings. If you have a need for a new “old” carriage house, shed or barn, this is a good place to start looking.
The Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources database…The search page. An example search would be : kitchen, dates 1880 - 1910, in the boxes, and it will show you whatever it has available. A good reference site.
Victorian Passage , articles on life in the Victorian home, some info on early American included. A nice site, much interesting information.
