1890s

  • Side-by-side portraits: On the left, an older man and woman in old-fashioned, ragged clothing; on the right, a group of young women wearing elegant hats and luxurious fur coats, posing together.
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    17 Vintage Photos of Great Britain in the 1890s-1900s Victorian Era

    These vintage photos of Great Britain's Victorian era nail it in terms of catching the complex elegance and overall decadence of the time period.

    Dating back to the twilight of Queen Victoria’s reign, Great Britain was caught in limbo between two worlds. There was the one involving the steam-powered industry that roared ahead, and then there was the one with its candlelit parlors that…