Our History Blog

November 1, 2025

Films About Ghosts: A Brief Look at Turn-of-the-Century Haunted House Films

October 1, 2025

Widows’ Weeds: Mourning Fashion in the Victorian Era

September 1, 2025

Childcare and World War II

August 1, 2025

Changing Chimes: A Short History of the Doorbell

June 1, 2025

Turn-of-the-Century Tech

May 1, 2025

History in Bloom: Roses at Rosson House

April 1, 2025

More than a Museum: Life & Lodging at Rosson House

December 1, 2024

Perilous Pins: How Fear of Hatpins Once Gripped the Nation

November 1, 2024

Sleep On It: How Turn-of-the-Century Phoenix Slept Outside

October 1, 2024

Haunted Houses: How Victorian Homes became the Default for Ghosts & Ghouls

September 1, 2024

Fun on Wheels: Speedy’s Story

March 1, 2023

From Our Collection: Museum Miscellany

December 1, 2022

Ye Olde Anachronisms: Victorian Medievalism

November 1, 2022

So Metal: Turn-of-the-Century Ceilings

January 1, 2022

Through the Wringer: Doing Laundry during the Victorian Era

December 1, 2021

Mail-Order Catalogues: The Online Shopping of the Late 19th Century

November 1, 2021

Fancy Floors: What You’d Find Underfoot During the Victorian Era

October 1, 2021

Hair We Are: A History of Victorian Era Hair Art

September 1, 2021

A Glass Act: Looking into the History of Windows

August 1, 2021

Moving Pictures: A History of How Filmmaking Began

March 1, 2021

Getting Away from it All: Victorians on Vacation

April 1, 2019

Mail-Order Hardware and Houses

December 1, 2018

Celebrating the Holidays in Turn-of-the-Century Phoenix

October 1, 2018

C is for Climate: A Quick History of Tourism in Arizona

October 1, 2017

Sew What: How Women Turned a Household Chore into Self-Sufficiency

September 1, 2017

We’re No Angels, Part One: Who was Dr. Rosson?

December 1, 2016

Lighting up the Holidays: How Electricity Changed Holiday Decor

May 1, 2015

Historical Hardware at Rosson House

July 1, 2014