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As Lawrence Levine explains in High Brow, Low Brow: The Emergence of Cultural Heirarchy in America, mid to late nineteenth marked a departure in theatre culture.  Previously, performances mixed formats and there was little distinction…

Though the sound of industry was thought to be a positive reflection of progress in the early nineteenth century, it soon became a part of the noise of the city. Late nineteenth and early twentieth century progressive reformers set out to identify…

A stereoscope is composed of two pictures mounted next to each other, and a set of lenses to view the pictures through. Each picture is taken from a slightly different viewpoint that corresponds closely to the spacing of the eyes. The left picture…