Cabbage - [kab-ij] Chiefly British 1. a. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. 2. slang - verb. To steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.

Cove - (kəʊv) Brit, Austral 1. old-fashioned , slang - a fellow; chap.

Cabbaging Cove: A scoundrel keen on pilfering [from the annals of not-so-distant history]!

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Posts tagged 1800s
  1. questionableadvice: ~ The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit, c. 1871-1890via University of Washington(click to enlarge)“DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD DIE!”Note: Given the dramatic advertisement I assumed Fenning’s Children’s Powders would be another Victorian era quack medicine but surprisingly they are still sold today and contain paracetamol (acetaminophen).

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    ~ The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit, c. 1871-1890
    via University of Washington
    (click to enlarge)

    “DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD DIE!”

    Note: Given the dramatic advertisement I assumed Fenning’s Children’s Powders would be another Victorian era quack medicine but surprisingly they are still sold today and contain paracetamol (acetaminophen).

    (via fuckyeahvictorians)

  2. auntada: The slave deck of the bark “Wildfire,” brought into Key West on April 30, 1860 The Wildfire carried 510 captives on this voyage from Africa, near the Congo River, to slave markets in the United States. The ship was not filled to its capacity of 1000. Although importing slaves to the United States was prohibited by law in 1808, the slave trade continued for many years.  The Wildfire was intercepted by an American steamer and brought to port at Key West. The African captives were eventually freed. Charges were brought against the captain and crew of the Wildfire, but they were found not guilty, despite being caught red-handed. Illustration in Harper’s Weekly, June 2, 1860 Library of Congress

    auntada:

    The slave deck of the bark “Wildfire,” brought into Key West on April 30, 1860

    The Wildfire carried 510 captives on this voyage from Africa, near the Congo River, to slave markets in the United States. The ship was not filled to its capacity of 1000. Although importing slaves to the United States was prohibited by law in 1808, the slave trade continued for many years. 

    The Wildfire was intercepted by an American steamer and brought to port at Key West. The African captives were eventually freed. Charges were brought against the captain and crew of the Wildfire, but they were found not guilty, despite being caught red-handed.

    Illustration in Harper’s Weekly, June 2, 1860

    Library of Congress

    (via dendroica)

  3. Wallonian Costumery Traditional Wallonian festival costume from the late 1800s. Photograph taken in Brussels, Belgium. via

    Wallonian Costumery

    Traditional Wallonian festival costume from the late 1800s. Photograph taken in Brussels, Belgium.

    via

  4. Uma [Horse] Unknown artist. Japan. Ca. 1880-1910. Seal is from Bunchō school of ukiyo-e, but this line painting is not a woodblock print. United States Library of Congress Archives. “Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915” Collection.

    Uma [Horse]

    Unknown artist. Japan. Ca. 1880-1910. Seal is from Bunchō school of ukiyo-e, but this line painting is not a woodblock print.

    United States Library of Congress Archives. “Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915” Collection.

  5. tuesday-johnson: ca. 1870-90, [tintype portrait of a fireman posing proudly with his axe] via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

    tuesday-johnson:

    ca. 1870-90, [tintype portrait of a fireman posing proudly with his axe]

    via Jeffery Kraus, Antique Photographics

  6. The Avatars of Vishnu

    1. Matsyu, the fish
    2. Kurma, the turtle
    3. Varaha, the boar
    4. Narasimha, the half-man, half-lion
    5. Vamana, the dwarf
    6. Parashurama, the sage, “Rama with an axe”
    7. Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya
    8. Krishna, the “dark colored”
    9. Buddha, the founder of Buddhism
    10. Kalki, the timeless, the eternal, the destroyer of foulness

    The Faiths of the World. James Gardner, 1856.
    Mahabhrata. Published ca. 1890. Ancient Hindu Epic.

    (Source: openlibrary.org)

  7. art-of-swords:

    French Ceremonial Dagger

    • Dated: circa 1860’s – 1870’s
    • Measurements: approx. 8-3/8” long with a 5” double edged dagger blade and a 2-7/8” 

    Blade shows four pierced fullers with decorative designs. Blade flats show scroll engraving. It has a raised ricasso that hows engraved knight on both sides. The hilt features a one piece cast silver-plated figural pattern with integral crossguard and depicts a winged cherub and animal motif.  

    Source: © iCollector Technologies Inc.

    (via propagandery)

  8. “Norwegian Ponies” Not one specific breed of pony, and not what’s traditionally called the “Norwegian Pony” (the Fjord horse), ponies used for skijoring came in many shapes and sizes - temperament, ability to withstand the cold, and responsiveness under harness was all that mattered in these horses and ponies. Skijoring using horses and dogs is regaining popularity these days, but I doubt you’ll ever see such fashionable ladies on the course again. The New Book of the Horse. Charles Richardson, 1911.

    “Norwegian Ponies”

    Not one specific breed of pony, and not what’s traditionally called the “Norwegian Pony” (the Fjord horse), ponies used for skijoring came in many shapes and sizes - temperament, ability to withstand the cold, and responsiveness under harness was all that mattered in these horses and ponies.

    Skijoring using horses and dogs is regaining popularity these days, but I doubt you’ll ever see such fashionable ladies on the course again.

    The New Book of the Horse. Charles Richardson, 1911.

  9. “Tamed zebra jumping.” While zebras have been tamed here and there through history, they’ve never been truly domesticated, like horses have been. Photo by Frank G Carpenter. US Library of Congress Archives, 1890.

    “Tamed zebra jumping.”

    While zebras have been tamed here and there through history, they’ve never been truly domesticated, like horses have been.

    Photo by Frank G Carpenter. US Library of Congress Archives, 1890.

  10. Woman’s sidesaddle portraits, with proper posture demonstration.

    The Book of the Horse: Saddle and Harness, British and Foreign. S. Sidney, 1875.

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