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* The 1900 House - Home - Return to Yesterday: Take a virtual journey through time — from today to the Victorian Era — and see how a family lived a century ago.
* America at Work, School, and Leisure, 1 - Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures, 88 of which are digitized for the first time (62 are also available in other American Memory presentations).
* American Folklife Center - features a directory of folklife resources in the U.S., migrant worker interviews and photos, ethnic folk music from Northern California in the 30s, Brazilian music, and more. (Library of Congress)
* American Social History Project - American Social History Project by the Center for Media and Learning of the CUNY Graduate Center.
* America’s First Look into the Camera - daguerreotype collection consists of more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection.

The Circus in America...a goldmine of circus information dating from pre-1793 to 1940. Find content on the animals, people, acts (acrobatic, clowns, juggling, etc), music and lore of this popular amusement in America's history.... listen to the sounds, click on various circus wagons for information, and view colorful posters as well.
Colonial House (PBS) ...Indentured servitude. No baths or showers. Public punishments. Welcome to daily life in the year 1628! Think colonial life was all about pious Pilgrims, powdered wigs and freedom for all? Think again! Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like when they take up residence in Colonial House.

At Fashion-Era.com we analyse two centuries of women's costume history and fashion history silhouettes in detail. Regency, Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, Flapper,1940's Utility Rationing, Dior's New Look, 1960's Mini dress, 1970's Disco, 1980's New Romantics, Power Dressing, Haute Couture, Royal Robes, Fashion Semiotics, and Body Adornment, each retro fashion era, and future fashion trends are all defined.