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March 14, 2017August 3, 2019 Samantha

Hi, everyone! This is just a quick post to let you know I’ve moved The Small Histories to my own domain – I’d love to see you there!

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Hi, I'm Samantha. I'm not a historian. But I love history, and here I'll share some small stories and things I find interesting.

A few of my favourite historical topics are the Tudors, the Victorian era, and the long-ago lives of regular people.

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#Repost @samanthakgarner with @get_repost ・・・ In 2014 I found my dream book - this edition of Mrs Beeton's Household Management. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ There’s no definitive statement of when this particular edition was published. A previous owner has written her name and the year 1944, but certain things made me believe this was already a few years old when she got it – references to “The War,” and nothing written about rationing, for example. Based on dates I found in the “Legal Memoranda” section (god I love this book), my best guess is that it was published in 1938 or very early 1939.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I love flipping through this book from time to time to read about all that went into household management back when people made morning calls, managed servants, and served beef tea to sick people.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I've also made a few recipes from this book - ones that didn't involve sheep's heads or jellied eels - and have been thinking of trying it out again. It might be a fun quarantine project; what do you think?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Check out the link in my bio if you want to see other recipes I've made from this book, or read about other societal aspects from this time in history!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #readingislove #instareaders #foreverreading #somanybookssolittletime #mybookishlife #booklovin #instabooklovers #bookworm_insta #bookishthings #vintagebook #foodhistory ⁠#historygram #historybuffs #historylover #historyblogger #smallhistories
#Repost @samanthakgarner with @get_repost ・・・ What's the oldest book you own? I don’t know how long I’ve had this book, but I know it’s old - 1891*! I’ve never really read it but I figured COVID-time was a good time to flip through it. It’s a book of “dialogues, readings, and recitations”, for evening amusement back when everyone knew how to play piano and sang duets.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I read an article recently about how early 1900s polar explorers coped with isolation, and memorizing poems was one of them. I do have one memorized but why not try something from a book of entertainments from 1891? Recitations in the parlour, anyone? How about "Making Love in a Balloon"?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ *Online research makes me think this is an actual copy from back then, but also entire pages are missing here and there without evidence of them having been torn out so 🤷🏻‍♀️. Could it have been printed that way, somehow?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #nevertoomanybooks #booklovin #instabooklovers #bookishday #addictedtobooks #bookwormlife #oldbooks #vintagebook #canadianbookstagram #historybuff #historylovers
Maybe social isolation’s getting to me a little but I can’t stop laughing at this tweet. . #archaeologylife #archaeological #allhailtheflayedlord
Which medieval cat are you today? I’m 3. . 📷: @arthistorybabespodcast . . #classicalartmemes #medievalcats #medievalartmemes #todaysmood #arthistorymemes
It’s amazing how relaxing it is to watch old hand-cranked film videos with the speed corrected to our modern standard. I’m sharing a few favourites on my blog - link in bio! . . #historybuff #historylovers #oldvideos #historicalfashion #historicaldress #guyjones #20thcentury #19thcenturyfashion
This Nutcracker season, let’s remember what’s important: Tchaikovsky was a bit of a babe. . Happy holidays, everyone! . . #tchaikovsky #nutcrackerseason #historyfacts
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