Culture and world of the 1890's
Everett, 1893
What history typically records
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What it doesn't
Food
Not just meat and potatoes…
…and not just tea, either.
Tropical fruits…
Curry…
Curried eggs
Curried mushrooms
Spices…
Coasting cookies
Ginger drop cakes
Ethnic foods…
Local / regional specialties
Some foods that have been forgotten…
…and some foods that look pretty familiar today
Eggless cookies
Processed foods
Cereals
Condiments
Sodas
Cookbooks weren't just about food
Clothing
Not just the stereotyped formal wear
Sportswear
Rough clothes
Middle-class office wear, day wear
Materials and construction
Ethnic clothing
Not just one thing!
Skewed pictures from anthropologists
Especially true of Indians
Technology
This was modern life, very recognizably so
Brooklyn bridge illustration from Scientific American August 11 1877
Image courtesy UW Special Collections
Lots of options for personal and home technology
Heating…
Lighting
Personal technology
Woman with sewing machine
Communications
Transportation
Boston subway, 1897
Everett and Monte Cristo Railroad, 1894. Image courtesy UW Special Collections
Steamer at dock at Everett, 1892. Image courtesy UW Special Collections
Ticket office for Everett-Seattle steamer, 1899. Image courtesy UW Special Collections.
Swalwell's Landing, Snohomish River, Everett, Washington, October 1891.
Image courtesy UW Special Collections
Mass production
Everett paper manufacturer, 1890s. Image courtesy UW Special Collections.
History has a lot to teach us, and a lot to give us
Preserving historical diversity in the Earth's cultures is like preserving biodiversity in the Earth's jungles
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