1900

Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 8 (1900)

A journey through the history of recorded sound with James and Sean. This time we reach the 1900s, and hear Arthur Collins, Vess L Ossman, Arthur Pryor, and other stars of the late Victorian era. We even have a recording of Franz Joseph I of Austria & Hungary, made on a piece of wire. Join …

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The 1900 House

These days you can’t move for historical reenactment shows, but back in the heady days of 1999 the concept was new, and hadn’t been swallowed up by the often frustrating enforced narratives and predetermined “journeys” which have now made the subgenre barely watchable. The members of the family tasked with living in 1900 find the …

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Jonathan Schneer – London 1900: The Imperial Metropolis

Time inexorably marches on at a 12x speed, and sometimes there isn’t the opportunity to fully immerse myself in the moment. I bought this book at Oxfam two weeks ago, but have only had time to read the introduction and two chapters. The one on entertainment was excellent, its description of the cultural value of …

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1900 in Art

Vilhelm Hammershøi — Sunbeams Aurelia de Sousa – Self-portrait Pablo Picasso – Le Moulin de la Galette L.A. Ring – Sommerdag ved Roskilde Fjord J. W. Waterhouse – Destiny Ambrose McEvoy — Bessborough Street, Pimlico Maximilien Luce — Notre Dame de Paris William Orpen — Herbert Everett Mary Cassatt – Young Mother Sewing Thomas Eakins …

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L. Frank Baum – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

I’ve somehow owned a copy of this book since childhood but hadn’t thought to read it until now. It’s weird, and not always in a fun way. I was reminded most of the Grimm fairly tales, with their meandering, unstructured, unresolved plots, confused morals and sudden lurches into violence. The prose itself is a disconcerting …

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Elsewhere in 1900

The second modern Olympics takes place in Paris. Events include angling, cannon shooting, life saving, pigeon racing, fire fighting and ballooning. The Boxer Rebellion in China escalates into a full-blown war between China and a coalition of western forces The Boer War continues, with heavy losses on both sides, and the expansion of concentration camps …

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