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- Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
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Re: Gaslight resources
Here's Dunwich (Dunwich in Suffolk, that is). Nice! One of Matt Sanderson's scenarios for Nameless Horrors is set there. He wrote about his research trip there on our blog . I like the bit about church bells supposedly ringing in the old town which has been submerged by coastal erosion. Reminds me ...
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:00 pm
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
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Some inspiration might be provided by alphabetical lists of street names and occupations from the London census of 1891. I didn't know there was a Destitute Sailors' Refuge in Whitechapel but now I know it has to become a setting.
- Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:39 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
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The Ordnance Survey have been making detailed maps of Britain since the 18th Century, initially to help the government fight unruly Scottish clans and make plans in case Napoleon invaded* but nowadays they're hardly ever put to that use. Ordnance Survey maps from the 19th Century are online with pre...
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:00 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
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A book written in 1890 all about magic lantern slide projectors, with lovely illustrations of equipment.
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:11 pm
- Forum: Freshman Orientation
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 247
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Re: Introduce Yourself
Right, after not playing for about 20 years I've only gone and bought myself 6th edition rules and the Gaslight supplement.
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:15 pm
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
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High resolution scan of a map of London made in 1890 . Printed in Germany but all the street and place names are in English; I think the key works as follows: solid black lines ("Oberirdische") are overground railways, paired dashed lines ("Unterirdische") are underground railways, and the thin cast...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:53 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
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Street photography:
- Oxford Street in 1897.
- Around London in 1876.
- Sydney, Australia 1885-1890.
- A city in Ireland, 1890-1910.
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:21 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
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Where else would you expect to find stuff about Victorian London than at VictorianLondon.org?
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:41 am
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
- Views: 76662
Re: Gaslight resources
An 1883 book about housing called ' Our Homes, and how to Make Them Healthy ' contains, among a huge amount of detail about lighting, ventilation, drains and sanitation, furniture, servants' bedrooms and much much more, floor plans of.... Densely packed back-to-back houses of the urban poor. A propo...
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:43 pm
- Forum: National History Honors Society
- Topic: Gaslight resources
- Replies: 28
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A beautifully illustrated 1896 medical catalogue of surgical instruments and sundry medical appliances, including everything from scalpels and syringes to operating tables, artificial limbs and microscopes.