PARTIES, MENUS & RECIPES

AN AFTERNOON TEA PARTY
Bringing back an elegant pastime.

VICTORIAN GARDEN PARTY
During the late Victorian era, elaborate and lavish garden parties were an entertaining social affair.

OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM RECIPES
Make your own special treat with mouth-watering recipes from the past. 

THE ROAD-SIDE TEA ROOM
Eating on the road 100 years ago.

CORRECT BEHAVIOR ON A PICNIC
1920s picnic etiquette.

THANKSGIVING DINNER
Menus from Harper's Bazaar

VICTORIAN HALLOWEEN LUNCHEON
Have a Victorian style Halloween luncheon.

19TH C. CAKE RECIPES
An assortment of recipes from the 1800s.

19TH C. RECIPES WITH ALCOHOL
Cooking with wine, beer and other alcohol in the 19th century.

PARTIES FROM THE PAST: VALENTINE'S DAY
During the late nineteenth century Valentine's Day was celebrated with luncheons, teas, socials and fancy dress parties. 

CHRISTMAS DAY DESSERTS
Authentic Victorian Holiday Desserts and Recipes

MENU FOR A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER
Prepare an authentic Victorian Christmas dinner from oysters to pate, from turkey to quail, with punch, fancy cakes and coffee.

TABLE DECORATIONS FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES
Entertain your guests with a truly old fashioned holiday table setting and menu, including:
- Christmas Eve Midnight Supper
- Christmas Breakfast for Adults
- Christmas Luncheon
- Christmas Afternoon Tea
- Christmas Dinner

CHRISTMAS PARTIES FOR CHILDREN 
Create a Victorian holiday table especially for children:
- Christmas Breakfast for Children 
- Christmas Goose 
- Christmas Snowball Dinner

A MASCULINE HIGH TEA
Article from Harper's Bazaar.

TEDDY BEAR TEA PARTY
Little girls and an assortment of teddy bears from 1907.

A SUMMER FLORAL FÊTE

A SUMMER LAWN FESTIVAL

SILVERPLATE
Compare your collection of silverplate serving pieces with these images.

ANTIQUE TIFFANY TEA SERVICE
Tiffany five-piece antique tea service.

ENTERTAINING & FUN

THE WELL-APPOINTED VICTORIAN CARRIAGE
At the end of the nineteenth century, affluent Victorian women took great interest in the appointments and accessories of their carriages.

A TWELFTH NIGHT GALA by Catherine Taylor  
The annual Twelfthnight gala of the North Star Chapter, Victorian Society in America, lets closet Victorians come out in style with period food, manners, fashion, music and dancing.

WINTER AMUSEMENTS IN NEW YORK
How did the Victorians amuse themselves during a cold New York winter?

AFTER THE THANKSGIVING DINNER
What to do after the men smoked their cigars in the dining room, and the women have exhausted family gossip and the subject of babies in the drawing-room?

CHRISTMAS WITH DICKENS
Charles Dickens daughters tells of spending Christmas and New Years with her father.

VICTORIAN HOLIDAY WINDOW DISPLAYS
The beginning of an annual tradition begins in the 1870s at Macy's.

VICTORIAN TREASURY
The history of valentines, research, articles, posters and handmade reproduction cards.

HALLOWEEN MYTHS AND FROLICS
Halloween myths and Halloween games played in the Victorian era.

"LADIES BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, FASHION AND MANUAL OF POLITENESS"
Book of Victorian/Civil War Era etiquette first printed in 1860 and remained popular in reprint for several decades.

A VICTORIAN FESTIVAL
A festival in Port Townsend

MAGIC LANTERN SHOWS
The American Magic-Lantern Theater recreates the Victorian magic lantern show.

FUN IN THE SUN
Victorian beaches in the 1800s

PORT TOWNSEND
11th Annual Victorian Festival, March 2007

AMAZON DRYGOODS
Catalogs for everything for true Victorian living for you- all in four fascinating catalogs!

HISTORY OF THE FASHIONABLE BATHING SUIT

THE HORSE CARRIAGE

THE CHARIOT HORSE CARRIAGE

THE LANDAU HORSE CARRIAGE

COTILLION FAVORS FOR THE SEASON

TWELFTH NIGHT AND THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

VALENTINES: QUEEN OF HEARTS PAPER COSTUME

VICTORIAN VALENTINES: THREE DIMENSIONAL CARDS CAPTIVATE AMERICANS

THE HISTORY OF GOLF

ST. ANDREW'S LADIES' GOLF CLUB