Keeping Cool on Hot Summer Days
byNo matter the temperature, our sturdy Edwardians remained buttoned and corseted, which, since weather has largely remained the same in all corners of the…
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American Resorts: Newport
byNewport, known as the Queen of Resorts, or as Elizabeth Drexel Lehr stated ironically in her memoirs: “the very Holy and Holies, the playground…
Summer at the Beach
byWith summer came the great exodus from the sweltering weather of London. The railways had opened England’s coastal resorts to the middle classes in…