Godey s lady s book for 1850 january december rare antique fashion illust. Hale, sarah josepha buell 17881879 history of missiology. Similar publications had been produced in europe since the late eighteenth century and godey s was closely patterned after its english and french counterparts. Color copies of all twelve color plates form the 1863 volume of godeys ladys book. Illustrated by 3 steel fashion plates with 6 figures two color, 8 full page descriptions of fashions 34 figures, two additional steel plates our daisey cherub baby and port, color plate of folding screen, 16 pages of illustrated period ads, sheet music marquis et marquis by morley. The ladys book itself, under other directors and other titles, continued until 1898, but it was never the same. Transcribed from the original, godey s lady s book, july 1855, pp. Marketed specifically to women, each issue contained poetry. See more ideas about american women, lady, women in history.
Godeys ladys book 1865 antiques in maple grove part. Southern belle fashion the history of the southern belle union to. The project gutenberg ebook of godey s lady s book, by various this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Godey s lady s book was perhaps the premier lady s publication of the nineteenth century. See more ideas about fashion plates, victorian fashion, historical fashion. Godey s lady s book was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of america. A page from an 1857 godeys ladys book, a popular and. Unfortunately there was a third wedding dress shown on this plate, that was removed some time in the past. Original victorian era issue of godeys ladys book magazine, the may 1865 issue. Godey 18041878, the magazine had reached a circulation of nearly 160,000 by 1860, contributing to philadelphia. In this engraving made for godeys ladys book, stephen girard is shown with an image of the first bank of the united states below his portrait. Godey was born to two poor french immigrant parents and had no formal education as a child.
Unfortunately there was a third wedding dress shown on this plate, that was removed. By gathering information from worldcat, godey s is present in 1,147 libraries under varying titles. Im guessing that the original owner of the godey s magazines was married that year, because the plate with wedding dresses in the january issue was also removed. Oct 25, 2014 this fashion plate for the january, 1831 issue. A page from an 1857 godeys ladys book, a popular and influential magazine for women during emily dickinsons lifetime. Godeys ladys book fashion plate 1831 the style of the antebellum south, or more specifically the southern belle style, was centered around traditional victorian hoop skirts, grandly embellished with ribbons and bows. Godeys ladys book, alternatively known as godeys magazine and ladys book, was an american womens magazine that was published in philadelphia from. Cover has some condition issues due to age and wear. It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the civil war. Godey, godey s lady s book, was one of the most popular and longlived womens magazines. Godey s lady s book and magazine, volume 49 1854 womens interest, fashion.
A mothers love godeys ladys book, 1837 may 10, 2014. Godeys ladys book full view hathitrust digital library. Its circulation rose from 70,000 in the 1840s to 150,000 in 1860. He came of age working for publications in new york, and then in philadelphia. The ladys book was to become the alpha and omega of the world of womens rights, fashion, etiquette, and cookery.
In the 1850s its circulation ranged between 70,000 and 150,000 copies every month. Godey s lady s book was the chief financial success among the philadelphia magazines, and, after the port folio a political and literary journalmagazine, enlisted the services of the greatest number of the best writers. September 1870 issue of godey s lady s book magazine, dress history, costuming, historical clothing, style, sewing, original, fashion, women saltwaternotions 5 out of 5 stars 1,050. The pages of godey s were dedicated to sweet, wholesome prose and poetry, to recipes for refreshing drinks for hot weather godey s magazine, begun in 1830 by louis a. Selected images from godey s lady s book published beginning in 1830 by louis a. He offered hale the post of editor, which would allow her to remain in boston. Godey s lady s book was an american womens magazine published in the 19th century. Notes identical page numbers exist due to two separate sections in the book. Godey, godeys ladys book, was one of the most popular and longlived womens magazines. Godey s is available in microfilm form, physical periodical form, and in digital archival form through accessible archives. Because southern belles were more welltodo, the elaborate and grand styles of the time were a symbol of wealth and status. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at.
Apr 29, 2014 godey s lady s book had forty thousand subscribers and was the largest womens magazine in the united states. Our godey s lady s book collection is the only one containing the color plates as they originally appeared. Perhaps no single phenom enon so well expresses to twentieth century readers the essence of victorian america as the magazine which was known as godey s lady s book. The complete godeys ladys book 18301896 our collection provides the complete run of godeys ladys book, and is the only one containing the color plates as they originally appeared. Godeys ladys book was founded by louis antoine godey as a publication to inform, entertain, and educate the american woman. Antique hc godey s lady s book 1864 fashions, stories, sewing patterns, music. It ceased publication in 1898, and was absorbed by the puritan. I have listed the materials called for in the original pattern and the materials i used in my pen wiper. This book presents a fashion parade of authentic ladies and childrens styles from the most influential womens magazine of the period godey s lady s book which presented both original fashions and adaptations from european publications. Feb 26, 2019 in philadelphia in 1830 louis antoine godey 18041878 commenced the publication of godeys ladys book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of newly educated american women. Godeys ladys book, 18301898 cleveland museum of art. It was merged ten years later with louis godeys ladys book, and she.
Despite her publicly active role as an author, hales writings preached the. The success of her stories in childrens books and womens magazines. Includes 2 handcolored fashion plates, bw plates and illustrations, and title page printed in gold. Feb 16, 2005 you may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at.
Bridal fashion plate from the december 1860 issue of godeys ladys book. Godeys ladys book, 18301898 founded in 1830 by louis a. Under the enterprising godey as publisher and sarah josepha hale as editor, godeys ladys book, as it was soon called, was to gain, over the next forty years, 150,000 subscribers, an astounding total for a womens publication in the middle isoos. Godeys ladys book focused on topics such as fashion, raising children, and household management. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about godey s lady s book. The key to its success was the section of fashion plates, which were handcolored by more than 100 women employed by godey.
Sarah josepha hale, and in july 1830 together they set out on a publishing journey that would last sixty eight years. Htf complete petersons fashion magazine folding hand color fashion print 1888 7. Dates mexico 14 reales 1830 1831 1832 1833 1835 1836 1837 plus. In 1830 in philadelphia, louis godey first published godey s lady s book as the lady s book. By 1837 godey acquired sara josepha hales ladies magazine and literary gazette. Antique 1851 godeys ladys book hardback vintage collection. In nineteenth century america, godey s lady s book was the victorian bible of the parlor, and its editor, sarah josepha hale, preached the sacred gospel of true womanhood piety, purity, and domesticity. Antique the ladys friend 1867 bound lady s magazine color fashion plates. February, 1861, vol 6263 godey s lady s book, childrens fashion, fashion plates, music, embroidery, poe, berlin wool, crochet. Several variations of the periodicals name occurred over. Girard was a celebrated banker and philanthropist who put his personal credit on the line to save the united. Handcolored fashion print from godey s lady s book and magazine 1869.
Godeys ladys book in philadelphia in 1830 louis antoine godey 18041878 commenced the publication of godeys ladys book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of american women. Penwiper for a writingtable, godeys ladys book, march. Godey himself retired from active publishing in august of 1877, after running the ladys book continuously for 47 years. The pages of godey s were dedicated to sweet, wholesome prose and poetry, to recipes for refreshing drinks for hot weather oct, 2011. Examples from nineteenthcentury america archive ouverte hal. May 1865 issue of godeys ladys book magazine dress etsy. Sarah josepha hale, godeys ladys book, january 1837.
Oct, 2011 godey s lady s book is populated in multiple libraries in the united states. Godeys ladys book was the chief financial success among the philadelphia magazines, and, after the port folio a political and literary journalmagazine, enlisted the services of the greatest number of the best writers. Godey, a publisher and former newspaper editor, established his magazine in 1830 in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Godeys ladys book welcome to one of the most popular. Godeys ladys book was an american womens magazine published in the 19th. Godey s was not the cause, you dont attract readership without a receptive bunch. Godeys ladys book began in 1830 under the direction of louis antoine godey 180478 and merged in 1836 with the american ladies magazine, who designed the magazine to both entertain and inform. Quick access to posts about godeys ladys book or posts based on the contents of this collection can be found below hints upon the doings of the fashionable world december 1882 december 6, 2020 modern marriages as seen in 1859 october 19, 2020.
The project gutenberg ebook of godeys ladys book february. Godeys ladys book, alternatively known as godeys magazine and ladys book, was. The most common godey s lady s book material is cotton. This picture has a young women cradling and watching over her child and is. Godey employed sarah josepha buell hale as editor of the newlyminted magazine. Godeys ladys book, american publication that, from 1830 to 1898, pioneered a format still employed by magazines devoted to womens issues. In addition to fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. I based my pen wiper on a pattern for a penwiper for a writing table in the march 1860 edition of godeys ladys book, pages 263264. In the godeys ladys book issue for december 1849 pp. Our godeys ladys book collection is the only one containing the color plates as they originally appeared. The project gutenberg ebook of godeys ladys book january. Godeys ladys book, american publication that, from 1830 to 1898, pioneered a format still employed by magazines devoted to womens issues louis a. The cathedral was consecrated to the virgin mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of french gothic architecture. Godey s lady s book began in 1830 as the lady s book.
Yes, a new yearand a happy new year may it prove to our beloved country. The style of the antebellum south, or more specifically the southern belle style, was centered around traditional victorian hoop skirts, grandly embellished with ribbons and bows. Godeys ladys book the robert and penny fox historic. Each monthly issue has a colored plate from an ongoing series labeled godey s unrivaled colored fashions that showcase contemporary womens styles, an embroidery pattern that is printed in blue, and many other black and white plates illustrating a variety of subjects, from animals to fashion to. Hale, godey s was among the first and most successful american womens magazines. The collection also includes several boxes of fashion plates from philadelphias own godeys ladys book, americas most popular and longest running womens magazine, from 1830 to 1898. Good style in godeys ladys book, april 1895 april 1, 2014. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of america. Southern belle fashion the history of the southern belle.
Godey of philadelphia purchased the magazine and merged it with his existing. Fifteen rules for the preservation of health october 1860 october 3, 2020 reading aloud for better health 1861 february 23, 2020. Each issue included fiction, nonfiction, poetry, advice on interior decorating, fashion and domestic arts, instructions for needlework and handicrafts, and music. Godey made publishing history when he chose as the magazines editor, the widowed mrs. Old french cot is probably from old norse kot hut, cognate of old english cot, cote cottage, hut, from protogermanic kutan source also of middle dutch cot, dutch.
September 1870 issue of godey s lady s book magazine, dress history, costuming, historical clothing, style, sewing, original, fashion, women saltwaternotions. Godey s lady s book and magazine, 1861 hardcover january 1, 1861 by godey s magazine editor this manual contains all the latest fashion information, including childrens and bridal fashions. Godeys fashion cover plate jan 1831 chromolithograph. The mother of four agreed to the proposition, and godeys ladys book was born afresh, with significant influence by hale. Encyclopedia of greater philadelphia godeys ladys book. A youth ful poem of whittiers, adoration, appeared in the journal in 1831.
Eliza leslie 1787 1858 the library company of philadelphia. During the first six years of its existence, it included mainly articles clipped from british womens magazines and hand. Godey s lady s book and magazine, 1861 godey s magazine on. Godey s lady s book began in 1830 under the direction of louis antoine godey 180478 and merged in 1836 with the american ladies magazine, who designed the magazine to both entertain and inform americas growing audience of women readers, usually including in each issue fashion plates, poems, and sheet music as well as biographical sketches, educational articles, and even cooking recipes. American publisher, proprietor of godeys ladys book, launched in 1830. This article was intended as a lighthearted hoax and neither item is really by poe at all.
In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. In 1837 godey bought the ladies magazine of boston and made its editor, sarah josepha hale, the literary editor of his periodical. Nation and gender in sarah josepha hale trinity college digital. By 1861 we had not taken this whole democracy thing very seriously, viewing privileged rungs on the social ladder as padded perches faithfully clung to. Slave in virginia who started a slave rebellion in 1831 believing he was. Godey s lady s book, first published in philadelphia in 1830 as godey s ladies handbook, was the leading womens magazine in midnineteenthcentury america. The circulation, largely due to its popular colored fashion plates, increased to 150,000 a month. It was also known as godeys magazine, using that name exclusively in its last few years. Jun 6, 2012 godey s lady s book, alternatively known as godey s magazine and lady s book, was a united states magazine which was published in philadelphia. This pen wiper is beaded and uses what the pattern calls crossstitch. American womens magazine published from 18301878, as the m ost widely circulated magazine in the period before the civil war. Tis heart alone, worth steel and stone, that keeps man free forever. Godeys ladys book, alternatively known as godeys magazine and ladys book, was an american womens magazine that was published in philadelphia from 1830 to 1878.
Godey, was by far the most popular womens periodical of its day. In consisted of history, poems, and fictional stories. Bridal fashion plate from the december 1860 issue of godey s lady s book. These are the plates reproduced on photo grade paper and mounted on to card stock.
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