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Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (page 1/2)

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Godey’s Lady’s Book was the most popular magazine for women published in America in the 1860s and 1870s; it started in 1830 and continued to 1898. I have 1870, bound in one volume, althouth it was issued to be collected into two parts originally. The images here are from the first part.

The magazine includes a fold-out coloured plate showing the latest fashions, usually for women and children, and with some instructions and diagrams for making the clothing.

The volume I have was edited by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale alongside the founder, Lous A. Godey (1804 – 1878). Sarah Hale is also known for a song she wrote, Mary Had a Little Lamb.

I got this book at Berry and Peterson books in Kingston, Ontario, Feb. 2018.

Title: Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June)

Editor: Hale, Sarah J., Mrs., and Godey, Louis A.

Published by: Louis A. Godey

City: London

Date: 1870

Total items: 5

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

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Packing a Trunk

This was a frontispiece to the July 1870 issue of the Lady’s Book magazine. It was printed on stiff blue paper, but in regular black ink. [more...] [$]

The First Lesson

A duotone in black and turquiose. [more...] [$]

Godey’s Fashions for May 1870

Five women and one girl are wearing what to our eyes are sumptuous and very elaborate early Victorian costumes. [more...] [$]

Corners for Pocket-Handkerchiefs

Three designs meant to be used for sowing to decorate the corners of handkerchiefs. The idea is presumably to give the women of the house more work to do. [more...] [$]

The Cow Doctor

A farmer and his wife, perhaps, stand behind a cow while a dog looks on. The man has his top hat in his hand. The farmer is smiling with outstretched arm and a well-fed stomach, well-dressed with feathers in his hat, a cane, and a neck-ruff. A well-dressed child plays with items in a box nearby, and two women look [...] [more...] [$]

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