This is an interesting artifact from the Minnesota Historical Society. I think the use of the standard hinges is a good sign of the start of the industrial revolution.

Civil War body armor | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

Eastlake Victorian has a great story about Victorian Music. After looking through the article near the bottom are some links to some original recordings. Below are couple of the gems I found looking through the recordings.

Sincerely,

Wm. M. Randol

P.S. The audio player I built for this page can be found on GitHub: williamrandol.github.com/bootstrap-player/