Items taken from Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870) (results page 1)

The First LessonGodey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870)

A duotone in black and turquiose. A lady with a cap tilted forward to her eyebrows, a fur-edged top, a long dreass, skating boots, is on the ice outdoors with a man in a bowler had with a checked wais [...]

Keywords: skating, people, men, women, victorian costumes, winter, outdoors, romance, xmas, christmas, colour

Places shown: New Haven; MA; USA

Added: 2025-11-11

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The Cow DoctorGodey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870)

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 feat [...]

Keywords: cows, animals, people, farms, farmers, farming, doctors, vets, vetinarians, children, farmhouses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-04-29

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Godey’s Fashions for May 1870Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870)

Five women and one girl are wearing what to our eyes are sumptuous and very elaborate early Victorian costumes. Fig. 1.—Walking dress of green silk, made with one skirt and casaque. The skirt is trim [...]

Keywords: costumes, victoriana, clothing, people, women, dresses, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2018-03-24

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Corners for Pocket-HandkerchiefsGodey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870)

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. There is a flower, a scroll or banderol, and [...]

Keywords: butterflies, banners, banderols, sewing patterns, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-03-25

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Packing a TrunkGodey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine (Vol LXXXI January to June) (1870)

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. The picture shows a man with a sad and dropping moustache jump [...]

Keywords: people, humour, travel, children, men, women, luggage, cartoons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-11-13

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