Day out at the gallows and other bygone photographic oddities
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29246071
"Lined up for a family photograph, Victorians often looked grim and staid - people from another era. But curator Chris Wild offers a fascinating snapshot of family life that reveals the Victorians and Edwardians were often more modern than we think...."
Like the ones at the end about "national dress".