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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, July 5, 1896
The Queerest of Bicycles.
The above is a faithful reproduction of a bicycle railroad patented by a Patterson, N.J., man. It is not meant for long distances or general traffic. It is intended to be used on short trips from city in suburban points. It consists of a single rail and a double track which can be used going and coming. The driving power is applied to the front wheel as shown, in cut.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, June 21, 1896
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 15, 1896
The new “x” ray masquerade dress.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, February 2, 1896
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, January 26, 1896
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 11, 1896
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Fluffy gets a haircut, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, June 1899
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Robert Verner Palmer and his bride Louisa Pells on their wedding day, Vancouver, January 13, 1892
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Family portrait, Pittsburgh, September 1899
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Adeline Spencer in her backyard, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, September 1899
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Adeline Spencer in her backyard, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, September 1899
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Mary C. Dorsey, Pittsburgh, ca. 1895
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The San Francisco Call, December 25, 1898
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The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, Kansas, December 9, 1892
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The Coffeyville Weekly Journal, Kansas, June 29, 1894
A chatelaine bag was usually worn at the waist, but could also be carried at the wrist. Chatelaines were also made as belts, which eschewed the purse and became a ladylike tool belt; a hook with multiple hanging lobster claw appendages, each carrying useful items for the average Victorian woman: the pantry keys, smelling salts, perfume vials, miniature notebooks, magnifying glasses, letter openers, timepieces, seal applicators, miniature portraits or lockets, sewing tools (such as needle cases, scissors and thimbles), money and toilette articles, as well as decorative charms, such as fruits, fish or birds.
Here are a few examples of 18th and 19th century chatelaines housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum:
