LINKS

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I've tried to sort links into appropriate sections, though sometimes that can be difficult.
Right now this page consists of the following sections:

Clothing / Costume
Books online
Art Galleries
This 'n That: misc. interesting sites
Castles
Newspapers and magazines online
Cottage, Village, City and Town, assorted sites for old house and history fans
Georgian and Early American
Mid Twentieth Century
Links for early Twentieth Century homes
Victorian architectural and historic links

Click on older posts at the bottom of the page for the final sections.

Be sure to check The Old House Book List if you're looking for links to period online books on architecture and interior decor

Clothing / Costume

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HISTORIC CLOTHING PATTERNS

THE COSTUMER'S MANIFESTO a great site to research period or ethnic dress, or just for entertainment.

FRENCH FASHION PRINTS the prints on this page are from La Mode Illustree 1875-1886. In the 1800's women would cut the pages out of the magazine, then frame and hang them. They were later reproduced and the framed reproductions were sold for decades. I have a couple of them in my own home, and if you check out Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's first apartment, you'll find a couple hanging there too.

18TH CENTURY CLOTHES AND UNIFORMS a book courtesy of the National Park Service. It's rather long, and can take a little while to download even on high speed internet.

COSTUME OF COLONIAL TIMES, a book published in 1911, from Hearth, at the Cornell Library.

LA COUTURIERE PARISIENNE the English version. Fashion through history with colorful plates, paintings, some patterns and links. Some things are in German only.

THE FREAKS OF FASHION: with illustrations of the changes in the corset and crinoline, from remote periods to the present time., A book published in 1870. I haven't had a chance to read this, it has a great title, doesn't it? The drawings are very nice too.

HAIR HISTORY AND HAIRSTYLES

HAIRSTYLE HISTORY part of the Online Costume Gallery. At the bottom of the page you can access the rest of their site.

HISTORIC DRESS IN AMERICA 1800-1870 a book published in 1910, also from the Hearth Library. The illustrations didn't scan very well, but the text is very informative.

FASHION-ERA another large site.

MORBID OUTLOOK an article about Victorian mourning clothes.

THE TAILOR'S GUIDE a book published in 1856. The second volume is full of drawings of patterns for menswear.

Books online

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The first section lists online book collections.
Following that are links to some of the books I've found there.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR THE DECORATIVE ARTS

THE ONLINE BOOKS PAGE from the Univerity of Pennsylvania

ONLINE BOOKS 4 FREE

BOOKS-ON-LINE, most of them free

GOOGLE BOOKS Some books and magazines are free to read, others are not, I suggest you Google 'google books' to learn more. To change the list of book and magazine covers on this particular page just refresh the page.

DIGITAL BOOK INDEX you have to log in to use this site. For the organization line, just put in 'none'.

PROJECT GUTTENBERG

CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
MONOGRAPHS COLLECTION

CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON LINE You'll love the illustrations in these old books

HEARTH the home economics archive from Cornell University. Check Subjects to see what's covered on the site, I like to use the Browse page to look through books.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DIGITAL LIBRARY

IBIBLIO from the University of North Carolina

THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY'S LISTING OF ONLINE TEXTS

KNOWLEDGE RUSH this particular link will take you to books listed in alphabetical order

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Aa link to the Park Histories page. Among other things it holds some very interesting architectural studies and surveys.

THE BRITISH LIBRARY ONLINE GALLERY did you ever think you could read the Lindisfarne Gospels, or Jane Asten's The History of England written in her own hand, or peruse Leonardo da Vinci's personal notebook? Now you can.

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VILLAGE LIFE IN AMERICA 1852—1872, as told in the Diary of a school-girl, Caroline Richards, who lived in Canandaigua, N. Y.

THE HOUSEHOLD CYCLOPEDIA was a book of general knowledge printed in 1881.

THE LADIES'S WORK-BOOK :containing instructions in Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, &c., Victorian era, date unknown

THE LADIES' ALBUM OF FANCY WORK FOR 1850 "NOVEL, ELEGANT, AND USEFUL DESIGNS IN KNITTING, NETTING, CROCHET, BRAIDING, AND
EMBROIDERY"

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK ONLINE here you can browse 5 months of Godey's from 1850.

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK Vol. 42, January, 1851

A NEW TREATISE ON FLOWER PAINTING,or, Every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste: Also complete directions for producing the various tints...published 1818

AMERICA OF THE FIFTIES,LETTERS OF FREDRIKA BREMER the 1850's, that is. You can also read the scanned page images if you prefer.

TRAVELS IN AMERICA 1750-1920 an extensive collection of books and pamphlets, all from The Library of Congress

MY LIFE AS AN INDIAN:THE STORY OF A RED WOMAN AND A WHITE MAN IN THE LODGES OF THE BLACKFEET published 1907

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, by Jacob A. Riis, Studies among the tenements of New York, 1890

ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME the present time being 1893

STYLES OF ORNAMENT exhibited in designs, and arranged in historical order, with descriptive text. 1906

LOSSING'S FIELD BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION,VOL. I, published 1850
VOL. II You can read a little bit about the author Benson John Lossing here.

Art Galleries

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I've found online art galleries both entertaining for browsing and enlightening when looking for information about historic periods.
I've listed museums, commercial galleries and auction houses that are easy to browse.

ARC you can search by artist, or browse the alphabetical list page by page.

ART UNFRAMED over 23,000 paintings

CGFA a virtual art museum

DONALD HEALD, OLD PRINTS AND DRAWINGS the prints and drawings index

OLDMASTERPRINT.COM etchings, engravings and drawings from the 15th,16th and 17th centuries

GODEL & CO. a fine art gallery in New York

ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS

SCHWARTZ GALLERY a fine art gallery in Philadelphia

SHANNON'S fine art auctioneers. This link will take you to the archives page, pick a sale date, then view.

TATE MUSEUM a link to the search page

WEB GALLERY OF ART

This 'n That: misc. interesting sites

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NEW
G MAPS PEDOMETER - a walk around my block = 7.522 miles.

WORLD WAR II, PEOPLE'S MEMORIES, from the BBC, an archive of war memories written by the public. Very interesting reading.

THE ELIZABETHAN ERA.Lots of information about Elizabethan life, very good

WHAT COLOR DEFICIENT PEOPLE SEE An interesting site for those of us with correct color vision. My father had a degree of red-green color blindness, my son has a slight problem with blues and purples.

TAQUITOS.NET, a site that has reviews of snack foods...weird, though sort of helpful, I guess. I couldn't help looking around.

THE WORD DETECTIVE Have you ever wondered about the origin of words and phrases?

ASK FOR IT BY NAME! The origins of popular product names.

JOHN LEEKE'S HISTORIC HOMEWORKS an informative site for people restoring an old home. Browse around, you might find just what you've been looking for.

THE PHRASE FINDER, the meanings and origins of phrases, sayings and idioms.

THE WORLD CLOCK The next time your kid asks you "what time is it in....? you'll be ready. For more information, check out their home page.

CLUSTER HEADACHE WATER TREATMENT My son suffers from cluster headaches. His doctor prescribed some medications for him, none of which helped very much. I found this site recently and printed it out so my son could try it the next time they occured. This remedy does seem to work for some people. I hope it does the trick for him.

THOUSAND EGGS, The website of Cindy Renfrow, author of books on ancient and medieval cooking and brewing. History of foods and recipes.

COOKBOOKS Links to online texts of historic cookbooks from Cindy Renfrow's site.

MOTION PICTURES FROM 1894-1915 150 films of Americans at work and play, a Library of Congress site

MOTION PICTURES OF VARIETY ACTS 1897-1920 See what folks regarded as entertainment in the good old days.

ELASTIC BABY feeling rotten, tired and blue? If you haven't visited the elastic baby yet, you should drop by.

HOUSE CLEANING TIPS do you like to clean? a great site for you. Do you hate to clean? a great site for you too. Personally, I hate to clean.

WORLD WIDE WORDS explores the origins and usage of words and phrases.

SNOPES what's true and what isn't. Does it really take seven years for chewing gum to go through the digestive system?

RADIO LOVERS.COM listen to old radio shows like Gunsmoke, Blondie, Death Valley Days, and Buck Rogers.

INFOMERCIAL RATINGS find out if those products are worth the money here.

DISTANCE CALCULATOR,a fast and easy way to find out how far you'll have to travel to get to where you're going.

THE BETSY-TACY HOMEPAGE when I was a girl I loved the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. If you did too you'll enjoy this site.

THE BETSY-TACY SOCIETY Yes, Betsy, Tacy and Tib rate more than one site. You can see pictures of the girls' homes here.

REMINISCE MAGAZINE, memories of back when....

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE a wonderful site full of music, films, texts, all of which you can download for free. I hadn't seen a Little Audrey cartoon in years, and in 1930's music, well, I find the Hoosier Hotshots a hoot.

ANTIQUES DIGEST Lost Knowledge From the Past, a sizeable collection of articles.

MIDSOMER MURDERS LOCATION INDEX I love the show Midsomer Murders, and not just for the charming English locations. On this site you can check out various old buildings used in the show.

THE OLD FOODIE an old foods blog. On every weekday the Old Foodie gives a short story on a food history topic, with a recipe.

VIRTUAL KEYBOARD describes itself as "The best online onscreen virtual multilingual keyboard emulator on the internet!" Pick your language, and the alphabet keyboard appears. You can then type your message, and cut and paste it wherever you wish. Šeši begėžiai čiulpė saldainius.. I'm not sure if I spelled the words right, but you get the idea.

Castles

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CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CASTLES, photos of some gorgeous examples.

CASTELAND

CASTLES, B&W photos from old books, with some plans

CASTLES OF BRITAIN

CASTLE XPLORER, castles of Britain

COWDRAY CASTLE, a very informative site

MEDIEVAL FURNITURE sketches and plans to make your own furniture. Miniaturists, just scale them down.

MORE MEDIEVAL FURNITURE PLANS

SCOTTISH CASTLES VISITED BY MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Note: The home page can be slow to load, and plays bagpipe music. The pictures of the castles are very good.

THE GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE, Photos from an old book of castles and manors, with some plans.

CASTLE WEBRING I found this site recently and haven't had a chance to check the links out.

Newspapers and magazines online

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TIME MAGAZINE ARCHIVES search the issues of Time from 1923 to the present day. You can also browse by COVERS

GOOGLE NEWS ARCHIVE SEARCH shows news articles, I've seen some from the 1920's, for example. Unfortunately many of the sites listed have fees.

WIKIPEDIA LIST OF ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES some you can search or browse for free

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.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JOURNAL COLLECTION journals from 1831 to 1901

RAWSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY Cass City Michigan, newspaper collection. I was browsing the grocery ads one evening, oh those food prices. If you're curious to see them, type Erla's in the search box.

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK some images from the pages of Godey's and other sources.

HARPERS WEEKLY Read complete issues from 1861-1865.

MAKING OF AMERICA, Cornell University digitized books and journals

HARPER'S BAZAR Read the complete Nov. 2, 1867 issue online.

NEW YORK TIMES You can search the archives of the NY Times dating back to 1861. You may have to register for complete access.

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

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OLD PICTURES.....lots and lots of old photos of every description, 1850-1940.

BRITISH LIBRARY ONLINE GALLERY Discover thousands of historic images, chosen by their experts.

PRINTS WITH A PAST antique prints on assorted subjects from 1700's to early 1900's

PANORAMAS American panoramic photos, listed by state, from The Library of Congress.

STEREOPTIC VIEWS OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA 1850-1920, Library of Congress

PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS READING ROOM. the Library of Congress

EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, 1839-1860 from the Rijksmuseum and other Dutch collections

IMAGES OF ENGLAND, you can search for pictures of quaint villages or country houses, etc.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS PHOTO ARCHIVE for views of Scotland

THE BOOK OF TRADES; or, Familiar descriptions of the most useful trades, manufactures, and arts practised in England : and the manner in which the workmen perform their various employments.
London: A. K. Newman,inscribed 1829
a booklet describing such trades as the bleacher, the button maker, the gold-beater and pin-maker, among others.

DOING LAUNDRY IN THE VICTORIAN ERA, from the Elmbridge Museum, U.K.

THE LAUNDRY ROOM an interactive photo of a Victorian laundry, interesting.

PANORAMIC MAPS, the interactive, panoramic map collection from the Library of Congress.These are bird's eye view maps drawn between 1847 and 1929. You might find a map of your town.

WEBSITE FOR WELSH CULTURAL HISTORY, but it's not just about the Welsh. It's a searchable source for all sorts of information about everyday life.

WINDOWS A government booklet about conservation of windows in historic houses, it also gives a good history of them.

BUILT IN AMERICA From the Library of Congress, photgraphs, and sometimes plans and elevations of old American buildings.

BRICK BOND PATTERNS What's the difference between an English bond and a Flemish bond? I can never remember, but now I can check here.

A SHORT HISTORY OF GEORGIAN AND EARLY VICTORIAN LIGHTING

ART AND ARCHITECTURE, from the Courtauld Institute of art, this link will take you to the site's informational page. It's a large site, with many images and even they admit it's easy to get lost in there. It's worth wandering around, if you have the time, some nice cottage and manor house images, for instance.

PERIOD WALLPAPERS This retailer deals in reproduction wallpapers dating from 1800 to 1930.

THE EMERGENCE OF ADVERTISING IN AMERICA: 1850-1920, From the Library of Congress. You can learn a lot about a period from its ads.

FRANCIS FIRTH 120,000 old photos and maps of U.K.

AMERICAN MEMORY HOME PAGE from the Library of Congress. It's a very large site, and I've provided links to portions of it on this page, but here's where to access the rest of it.

SMITHSONIAN'S GALAXY OF IMAGES

20th CENTURY ADS all sorts of ads.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL GALLERY a wonderful source, I found plumbing catalogs there, and floorplans for all sorts of old apartment buildings.

Here's a link to another page of the NYPL, listing groups of images

THE TUDOR KITCHENS at Hampton Court, 16th c.

St. FAGAN'S MUSEUM of Welsh Life

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.

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 PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, A large collection of photos. Many are from the 19th c.

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

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 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.

Georgian and Early American

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CREATING AN AUTHENTIC COLONIAL GARDEN

COLONIAL GARDENS
from a 1901 publication on Old and Sold, Antiques Digest.

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

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DAILY BUNGALOW'S FLICKR ALBUMS..I've listed this site in ther early 20th century section, but there are also pictures and house plans from the 1940's through 60's here too.

RETRO RENOVATION Are you renovating a 40's, 50's, or 60's house? Do you just plain like the look of that era, or maybe want to revisit the old days? This is a very entertaining and informative site.

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

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NEW
DAILY BUNGALOW'S FLICKR ALBUMS pictures of bungalows, floorplans, paint schemes and more, including links to bungalow sites.

ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN FOR 20TH CENTURY AMERICA , From the Library of Congress, you can browse this selection by room, city, architect, etc.

TRIMBELLE RIVER STUDIO , stencils from the Arts and Crafts movement

ICE BOX MEMORIESdedicated 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 CATALOGfrom 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 HOME 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. CATALOG 1908-1954

DECOPIX, an Art Deco Architecture site.

Victorian architectural and historic links

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OAKLAND PLANTATION,NATIONAL PARK SURVEY REPORT this is a 213 page document. The document begins with the history of the Prud'homme family in Natchitoches Parish, Louisianna and covers the history of the house in every conceivable way. It can take quite a while for the document to download even on high speed internet.

VICTORIAN GARDENING

GARDEN AND FOREST The Victorian gardening magazine, published 1888-1897

MELROSE PLANTATION
If you click on the MANAGEMENT link in the left hand column, you will find a path to wonderful things,like floorplans and original painting schemes, etc,etc,etc. Be prepared to spend a lot of time searching through pages.

VICTORIAN AND VINTAGE STOVE ADS, an album on Flickr, interesting

THE W.H.STARK HOUSE A tour of the Stark House offers an extraordinary glimpse at the lifestyle of the prominent timber family who occupied it from 1894-1936.

LINLEY SAMBOURNE HOUSE a late Victorian townhouse,it was home to Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and his family from 1874. Most of its furnishings survive intact from their era.

LIGHTING IN THE VICTORIAN HOME

THE HERMITAGE, in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. A National Historic Landmark
The history of a house that began as a small 18th century home, later remodeled as a mid 19th c. Gothic Revival Villa, fell into decay and was restored.

THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK, Text of Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, published in 1890.

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 LODGING 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.

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 HISTORIC 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.