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Victorian Architectural Ornament
Gothom Inc., a manufacturer of custom Victorian style architectural ornament, is profiled.

Asbestos Use in 1879
Renovating your old home? Victorians raved about asbestos and used it often in construction and decorating. Asbestos is a known carcinogen.

Canadian Asbestos Industry
History of the asbestos mining industry in the 1800s.

Wood Blinds in the Victorian Home
Indoor and outdoor wood blinds styles.

Victorian Decorative Stencil Patterns
A collection of period stencils from the 1880s.

Victorian House Plan 1886
Architectural house plans from Leffel's House Plans of a very attractive 1886 cottage.

An Octagonal Cottage House Plan
House plan from Woodward's Architecture and Rural Art, published in 1867.

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