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Rare 19th-century condom with erotic etching goes on display at Dutch museum

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix, the ...
The New York Times

Is This 19th-Century Factory the World’s First Skyscraper?

As the first building to be built from an iron frame, the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in England is a forerunner of all iron- and steel-framed towers. Now, its custodians want people to know that. In ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz - Correspondent Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), ...
ABC News

Construction Workers Stumble Upon 'Incredibly Rare' 19th Century Shipwreck in Boston

An archaeologist called the find "incredibly rare." — -- A 19th century shipwreck buried underground in Boston is being excavated today after it was unearthed by chance late last week.
Smithsonian Magazine

This 19th-Century ‘Toy Book’ Used Science to Prove That Ghosts Were Simply an Illusion

If a reader stared at one of Spectropia’s illustrations under a strong light source for about 20 seconds and then gazed at a blank wall in a darkened room, a version of that image in inverted colors ...
Artnet

Rare 19th-Century Painting by Beloved Black Artist Found in a Thrift Store

A small painting bought for $10 at a thrift store in Glenside, a small suburban town outside of Philadelphia, has turned out to be a one-of-a-kind treasure representing the height of Black wealth in ...
Artnet

A 19th-Century Condom With a Bawdy Print Makes Its Museum Debut

In November last year, two print curators from the Rijksmuseum were perusing the showrooms of an auction house in Haarlem, northwest Netherlands, when something unexpected caught their eye: a ...