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Edwardian Promenade

Blog devoted to all things Edwardian, that dazzling, luxurious, and elegant era spanning the years 1890 to 1914.
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Hallowe'en In the Gilded Age

Oct 28, 2009
Despite its roots in European paganism, Halloween is a thoroughly American holiday. During the Gilded Age, Americans took Halloween quite seriously, even going so far as to celebrate it wherever they happened to be–as German society soon discovered...

Featured Book: Newport Villas by Michael C. Kathrens*

Oct 25, 2009
It’s no secret that I find the “cottages” of Gilded Age Newport absolutely fascinating. While I have yet to visit the “Queen of Summer Resorts,” Kathrens brings a glimpse of this summer colony in his recent release, Newport Villas: The Revival Styles,...

The Wedding

Oct 21, 2009
The typical Edwardian woman wished to see her name printed in the newspapers but thrice in her lifetime: at birth, at marriage, and at death. Fortunately for the press-hungry, a woman’s wedding was cause for pages and pages of articles devoted to...

Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Ellis Island

Oct 14, 2009
Gilded Age America saw not only a boom in millionaires, but a boom in immigration. During this era, approximately 10 million immigrants entered the United States,  hungry for religious freedom and greater prosperity. The most striking of these...

Of Cooking & Gender

Oct 7, 2009
After reading The New York Magazine’s list of the Top 20 Chef Empires, and perusing a few culinary books I’d borrowed from the library, I was struck, dumbstruck actually, that all save one of those twenty names are those of men. Many would argue that...


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elena v.
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  This is a fun blog which is always well-researched, with pictures and sources.
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Evangeline H...
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excellent
  Excellent blog on the Edwardian era. Update it regularly and you've got a hit!
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