An Old-Fashioned Girl — released 1870
An Old-Fashioned Girl reached audiences in 1870, during the Industrial Age (19th century), and became one of the defining works of its moment.
Context
Industrial Age — Steam, revolutions, and the modern world takes shape. That's about 100 years ago, roughly 1 centuries back. Around the same time, the world was also seeing John Henry's duel against the drilling machine (1870) and Manhatton (1870).
Why it matters
An Old-Fashioned Girl shaped taste and conversation in its moment, then kept influencing later creators long after its debut in 1870.
Did you know?
Just 0 years after, John Henry's duel against the drilling machine (1870) was also making headlines — a reminder how much history can compress into a single decade.
Era
Industrial Age
Steam, revolutions, and the modern world takes shape.
Category
Arts
Arts are the paintings, novels, films, songs and performances that captured the spirit of their age and still move us today.
Contemporary events
What else was happening in the world around this time.
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Quick check
Which of these happened in 1870?
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