5-Minute History

21/05/2023

Believed to be the wedding dress of Christine Elisabeth Juel, Danish courtier, who was married at Valdemar's Castle, Denmark, in 1695. Green silk with interwoven gold threads.
Georgian High Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

14/05/2023

1913 Tiffany handbag. Gold. metmuseum.

A Visual History of Handbags: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Handbags/

11/05/2023

Elizabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria by Franz Xavier Winterhalter.

A Night at the opera with the Empress "Sissi": FiveMinuteHistory.com/SissisFavoriteOperaHouse/

04/05/2023

A group of fishing workers on the stairs down to the beach at Whitby in North Yorkshire, 1890.

Don't Miss: Life in a Scottish Fishing Village during the Victorian Era FiveMinuteHistory.com/Newhaven/

01/05/2023

Renée Adorée (1898 – 1933) was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies in the 1920s.

A Visual Guide to the "Roaring Twenties": FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

29/04/2023

Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Don't miss: Kylemore Abbey FiveMinuteHistory.com/KylemoreAbbey/

28/04/2023

Derived from the French word "toilette", meaning "small cloth", the word "toilet" originally referred to the process of hair and body care that centered around a dressing table with mirror, brushes, powder and make-up, during which close friends or tradesmen were often received.

A Brief History of Toilets:

The word toilet derives from the French word toile, meaning a "cloth" (toilette is a "small cloth"), that was draped over a lady or gentleman's shoulders for hairdressing. Its use was extended to the whole process of hair

26/04/2023

1923 beach fashion.

A Visual History of the Roaring Twenties: FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

23/04/2023

Princess Ka’iulani, heir to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom, attending school at the prestigious Great Harrowden Hall in Northamptonshire, age 17 in 1892.

The Tragic Story of Princess Ka’iulani, “The Island Rose” of Hawaii: FiveMinuteHistory.com/PrincessKaiulani/

17/04/2023

1760 Robe à la Française and Petticoat. Silk plain weave (faille) with silk and metallic-thread supplementary weft patterning, and metallic lace trim.

Georgian High Fashion: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BeauMonde/

12/04/2023

12 of the most stunning Fabergé eggs created by the House of Fabergé, in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, between 1885 and 1917: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Fabergé/

11/04/2023

Clara Bow (1905 - 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom in silent film during the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" after 1927.
At the apex of her stardom, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month.

A Visual Guide to the Roaring Twenties: FiveMinuteHistory.com/RoaringTwenties/

09/04/2023

A Victorian Easter Diary: FiveMinuteHistory.com/VictorianEasterDiary/

Dear Diary,
At last, it’s our Easter Holiday! Tomorrow is the Easter hunt in the woods by the school ...

08/04/2023

Castle De Haar, the Netherlands.

The history and grandeur of Castle de Haar: FiveMinuteHistory.com/CastleDeHaar/

07/04/2023

1865 Ball Gown.

A Visual Guide to Ball Gowns: FiveMinuteHistory.com/BallGowns/

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Vienna Museum.

06/04/2023

The Real Gangs of New York: FiveMinuteHistory.com/GangsOfNewYork/

05/04/2023

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. An English Country House Frozen in Time: BritainAndBritishness.com/CalkeAbbey/

Chris H***e.

04/04/2023

Watching the horse racing at the Auteuil Hippodrome in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, 1912.

A Day at the Races: FiveMinuteHistory.com/Longchamp/