i love love love all the technical and societal innovation of the era. cameras, locomotives, bicycles, elevators (kind of), moving images, telephones, recorded sound, and many more of the technologies we still use today all started then.
also, i fucking LOVE impressionism - attached is my favourite painting, also from the time (1888). im a sucker for games like dishonored as well.
it wasn't the best time to be a labourer for sure, but still would be so interesting to explore if one could be well-off enough to not be abused by factory owners imo. i would love to travel back in time to the World Fair in Paris (1878 - side note, the fricking statue of liberty head was displayed here!!!, 1889).
just a year ago i got the opportunity to watch stereoscopic photos from the time in a giant wooden rotunda thing. so cool!