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The silhouette changed once again as the Victorian era drew to a close. The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles [11] (the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era). The enormous wide-brimmed ...
Notable buildings include the City Hall, the former U.S. Post Office which was built in 1912, the Koch Building, which was erected circa 1910, the T.W. Phillips Co. Office Building, the Masonic Temple, which was built in 1910, Butler High School, which was erected in 1917, the Butler YMCA, St. Peter's Anglican Church, which was completed in ...
The cloth for private soldiers used up until the late 18th century was plain weave broadcloth weighing 16 ounces per square yard (540 g/m 2), made from coarser blends of English wool. The weights often quoted in contemporary documents are given per running yard, though; so for a cloth of 54 inches (140 cm) width a yard weighed 24 ounces (680 g).
John Butler, the son of Walter Butler and Deborah Ely, was born in 1728 in New London, Connecticut. In 1742, his father moved the family to Fort Hunter on the frontier in the Mohawk Valley near the modern village of Fonda, New York. John married Catharine (Catalyntje) Bradt of Dutch ancestry about 1752.
Josephine Elizabeth Butler (née Grey; 13 April 1828 – 30 December 1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage , the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution , and an end to human trafficking of young women and ...
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Owner: Private Collection Location: N.E. England. ETN 909 W is a Shelvoke & Drewry Emergency Tender built on a Shelvoke WX SPV (special Purpose Vehicle) chassis fitted with Benson bodywork it was supplied new to Tyne & Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade Fossway fire station in the East end of Newcastle. It is fitted with a Boughton 5 ton hydraulic ...
A butler in the White House Butler's Pantry.. A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household.In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.