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This godeys ladys book web site contains selections from the book during the years 18551858. Editors table the following are all the excerpts related to thanksgiving from 1860, 1859, 1858, 1857, and october 1855. Theres an antique store right down the street from my house and already ive found two big thick books, one dated 1866 and the other, 1878. Godey s lady s book, july december 1855, vol 51, a famous womens magazine in the 19th century, sarah hale, louis godey, focusing on fashion, home life, literature and a variety of subjects.
Alongside articles concerning all aspects of the domestic sphere, the magazine included patterns for handcrafts, color plates of the latest fashions, and sheet. In the 1860s godey s considered itself the queen of monthlies. Once a month, ill post the collection of fashionrelated plates and. This godey s lady s book web site contains selections from the book during the years 1855 1858. Godeys ladys book at the outbreak of the civil war, godeys ladys book was the most successful womens magazine in the united states, with a circulation of 150,000, and an estimated readership of a. The book published a wide assortment of advertisements for dressmakers, handicrafts, and popular home goods.
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Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Arthur 6 june 1809 6 march 1885 was a popular nineteenthcentury american author. Godeys ladys book welcome to one of the most popular. Godeys ladys book magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of america. Etsy your place to buy and sell all things handmade. It was a novel enterprise at the time, and few thought it would outlive the first year of its nativity. Godeys ladys book 1858 hardcover january 1, 1858 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Godeys ladys book history resources university of texas at tyler. In the february 1850 issue of the ladys book, louis a.
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Price new from used from unknown binding please retry. Each monthly issue has a colored plate from an ongoing series labeled godeys unrivaled colored fashions that showcase contemporary womens styles, an embroidery pattern that is printed in blue. Godey, a publisher and former newspaper editor, established his magazine in 1830 in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Each issue included fiction, nonfiction, poetry, advice on interior decorating, fashion and domestic arts, instructions for needlework and handicrafts, and music.
Identical page numbers exist due to two separate volumes. Godeys ladys book is a complete collection in nine sections. As editor of the congregationalist, the quarterly magazine of american congregationalism, i am wondering about the possibility of acquiring a highresolution jpeg of the vintage christmas postcard heading the 121908 post christmas menu 1890 from godeys ladys book and permission for onetime use to illustrate a christmas article in our december 2009 issue. Hale, godeys was among the first and most successful american womens magazines. As we mentioned in the first post in this series, we recently stumbled across a bound volume of godeys ladys book from 1853. Godeys ladys book was an american womens magazine published in the 19th century.
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