There's a certain kind of idea that gets laughed out of the room, only to quietly show up in millions of homes a few years later. History has a funny habit of vindicating the absurd. What looks ...

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Hat Cigar Holder, Godfrey & Nathaniel Levi, 26 London Road, Liverpool, 1851. "For most of the Victorian period top hats were worn by middle-class men," writes Halls. "They became a symbol of urban ...