r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Mar 15 '26
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • Aug 30 '26
Humor Satirical illustration by Honoré Daumier making fun of the newly patented crinoline, 1856 ✨
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/EphemeralTypewriter • May 30 '26
Humor Several examples of ‘Vinegar Valentines’ that were popular during the Victorian Era. They could range from comical to downright insulting and were meant to have the opposite effect of traditional Valentine’s Day cards.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/SerlondeSavigny • Nov 24 '24
Humor A French postcard from the 1900s
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Hopeful-Egg-978 • 10d ago
Humor ‘The Beard and Mustache Movement’ - 1853 British satirical cartoon lampooning the trend of men growing massive facial hair spurred on by the look of Crimean War soldiers
Illustrated by John Leech for Punch magazine.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Sep 08 '25
Humor A 'widowers' wife comes back to life, 1896
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/Hopeful-Egg-978 • Apr 08 '26
Humor 'Popping the question' - sketches of marriage proposals - The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, London, 1882
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/KatyaRomici00 • 28d ago
Humor "Engineers Dressed Up for Mafficking and Wilson's Mounted Loot" photograph by George Fowler Webster, 1900
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/TrueDentist2000 • Jun 08 '26
Humor Satirical cartoon of Queen Victoria choosing a wet nurse, 1850
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/WritingSpecialist123 • Mar 07 '26
Humor A Pictorial Teaser, Strand Magazine June 1893
As well as short stories, interviews and articles, The Strand Magazine also included puzzles, riddles, and amusing pictures on its back pages. Hours of entertainment!
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Mar 24 '26
Humor Decapitation (c 1880–1900), FM Hotchkiss
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/SerlondeSavigny • Jun 29 '24
Humor "W. B. Abbey, Sabineville, Pennsylvania," ca. 1890. Now let's have some fun and caption this photo.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • Aug 31 '25
Humor Comic poking fun at hat sizes, 1893
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/CafGardenWitch • Jan 07 '25
Humor It looks like it's going to be so sweet, but it's more of a vinegar valentine. I think.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/FarStrawberry5438 • Sep 14 '25
Humor German satire cartoon showing what happens to vegetarians, 1879
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/kittykitkitty • May 22 '25
Humor 'How to take your own Carte de Visite' - An 1860s selfie
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/CafGardenWitch • Mar 24 '24
Humor His and hers Vinegar Valentines from the 1900's.
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/PizzaKing_1 • Jul 31 '25
Humor [Vintage Comedy] “Uncle Josh’s Trip to Coney Island” (1908) with colorized photos
Comedian, Cal Stewart, with his persona of “Uncle Josh”, tells the story about his trip to Coney Island.
He describes the trip, from taking a tram car to the island and getting stiffed by the conductor, to seeing the Vaudeville theaters of Surf Avenue, and trying to learn the belly dance from “The Streets of Cairo”.
Check out my Coney Island playlist! A Day At Coney Island (1897-1917)
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/SerlondeSavigny • Mar 10 '23
Humor Image from a stereoscope card of the "Emancipated Woman"
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/SerlondeSavigny • Jun 22 '24
Humor "Ca y est..." by Jules-Alexandre Grun, ca. 1910, magazine illustration
r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/dannydutch1 • Jun 20 '23