Naper Settlement presents the beauty and perils of 19th-century clothing in the new exhibit, "Infrastructure: Creating 19th Century Clothing Then and Now." Now on view through Nov. 3, 2023, ...

This week, Aaron and Scott remember Abraham Lincoln's beard and the inventor of the yellow light at intersections.

While sitting at home one afternoon in 1861, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s wife, Fanny, caught fire. Her burns were so severe that she died the next day. According to her obituary, the fire had ...

I. Toward a History of Appearances -- II. Clothing's Old and New Regimes -- III. The Vestimentary Landscape of the Nineteenth Century -- IV. Traditional Trades and the Rise of Ready-Made Clothing -- V ...

This 19th-century wardrobe was aged, cracked, and covered in years of dust, but through a careful and brilliant restoration, ...