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Things were slightly different in the 18th Century, from getting dressed to shining your shoes.
Our Living Historians will demonstrate the fine art of shaving, polishing your shoes, washing your clothes, and more.
What did they ...
Shine their shoes with?
Polish metal with?
How did they wash their clothes?
What is bluing?
What is a banyan?
What are mules?
Find out and more
Demonstrating Shoe shine 18th C
Demonstrating Shoe shine 18th C
Applying Shoe black to rough out shoes these were a working man or soldier style of shoe
Shoe Black
Shoe Black
Using TCCunha's Shoe black applied to an 18th Century Shoe. The black was made from tallow, bone char, and bee's wax.
Mules and Clocked Stockings
Mules and Clocked Stockings
Gentlemen wore clocked (patterned) stocking and Mules( House slippers in their homes or perhaps even in thier shops.
Cleaning a Cocked Hat
Cleaning a Cocked Hat
Demonstrating to visitors at El Morro how to clean a cocked hat in the 18th Century
Cleaning Brass
Cleaning Brass
I am cleaning brass shoe buckles using Sweet Oil (Olive Oil) and red brick dust.
Shoe Black
Brass polish
Shaving Bowl
Soap and Razor
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