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Victorian Sensation

A collection of curated Sensational Objects from the Victorian era

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    • Disaster at Clayton Tunnel
    • Dr. Thomas “Mummy” Pettigrew
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    • Dickens’s Reading Tours
    • Victorian Crystal Gazing
    • The Rise of Spiritualism
    • Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s First Female Serial Killer
    • The Trials of Oscar Wilde
    • The Libel Trial of Oscar Wilde
    • Arsenic as a Cosmetic
    • The Lady with the Lamp Time Capsule
    • Victorian Freak Shows
    • The Unforgotten Portfolio of Julia Margaret Cameron
    • The Post-Mortem Era
    • The Victorian Funfair!
    • Carmilla
    • Sir Rowland Hill and the Stamp
    • Victorian Era Fashion
    • The Architecture of the Crystal Palace
    • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    • The Whitechapel Murders, Jack the Ripper, and the Media
    • EBB + RB: Literary Love Letters
    • The Wedding of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
    • The Murder at Miniver Place
    • Analyzing Victorian Sensation Amidst Tragedy
    • The Victorian Music Hall
    • Freak Shows in Victorian Culture
    • Richard Mansfield’s Impact as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    • Children as a Resource During the Victorian Era
    • Women in Occultism
    • A Recipe for Disaster
    • Spring Heeled Jack
October 25, 2022

The Elephant Man — Joseph Merrick

The Elephant Man — Joseph Merrick

Project Site: https://elephantman.netlify.app

Source Code: https://github.com/tjordanwells/eng-453-creative-curation

Author: Jordan Wells
Filed Under: Freak Shows

Victorian Freak Shows – And What They Tell Us about the Need to Feel “Normal”

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