#1800s — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #1800s, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🔍🏛️ A #study from the University of #Exeter shows that as early as the 1830s, a #London #realestate firm called Brooks and Hedger used cosmoramas to sell high-end estates.
A #cosmorama was a gallery of #paintings viewed through a magnifying lens, giving the illusion of depth and depth of field. Artists hand-painted bird’s-eye views of each listing, offering buyers an early “virtual tour” more than a century before the #internet.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/19th-century-real-estate-peeopshow-preview/
#history #1800s #19thcentury #tech #technology #innovation #culture #victorianera #art #science #zillow
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The Civil War Era Girls' Seminary in Academia, Pennsylvania, circa 1976. It no longer exists. #history #civilwar #1800s #seminary #academia #school #boardingschool #boardingschools #education #educationhistory #girlsschool #girlsschools #academy #boarders #warbetweenthestates
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Could ‘#zombielaws’ #strip #LGBTQ+ people of their rights, including #samesexmarriage?
After #Arizona revived an #1800s #law to #ban #abortion, fears grow that this #tactic might be used to threaten #LGBTQ+ rights if key #SupremeCourt #rulings are reversed.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Misogyny #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate