Looking for a unique entertaining history-based program for your event or organization? Then you’ve come to the right place! My name is Adam Shefts, and as “The Victorian Historian” I can provide your historical entertainment needs. Presenting short stories, rare images, footage and audio, along with conducting live demonstrations, I lead audience members through an hour-long chronological journey of the strange, unusual, shocking and comical history of America’s Victorian and Edwardi...| thevictorianhistorian.com
The father could also snuff out the candle early or add a second candle depending on what he deemed necessary. The courting candle served as a quiet, yet firm reminder to the suitor to end his date. It taught daughters to respect their parents’ judgment as well as demonstrating to suitors the father’s ability to judge a man.| The Victorian Historian