Timeframes and Eras

Because we will be dealing with lots of different time frames, I made a short list of eras...some of you will know or understand what the different names mean, but I wanted to make a working list just so we're all on the same page. This is a working list because it will be subject to addition, amendment, and editing as we go on...

(Just to head off any pitchfork and torch mobs, I self-associate with both of the initially listed "*punk" genres, so please, please do not get all bunched up over my descriptions)

• Steampunk    
• late 1800s typically, normally showing an influence from science-fiction
• Dieselpunk    
• Typically 1920s-1940s
• Influenced by science-fiction/pulp novel/film noir
•  'Lovecraftian' or HPL
• Typically late Victorian to 1920s, based on the associated literary works of H.P. Lovecraft and others.
• Georgian Era
• 1714-1830 (Era of the American Revolution 1775-1781)
• Regency Era  
• 1811-1820
• Napoleonic Era 
• 1799–1815
• Victorian Era    
• 1837-1901
• Edwardian Era    
• 1901-1914 
• Art Noveau
• 1890-1910
• Belle Époque    
• 1890-1911
• Gilded Age
• 1870-1900
• Art Deco    
• 1920-1940s
• Fur Trade or 'Mountain Man' Era    
• 1803-1840
• US Civil War    
• 1861-1865
• Old West    
• 1865-1912

There is, as you can see, a bit of overlap on the historical periods. Hopefully this will get you in the ballpark as far as the clothing and material culture goes for the places being visited.