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May 27, 2014 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. My copy is worn and stained and the only ways to get perfect scans are to either find a scanner that is meant for fragile books or to cut the book down the spine and scan the pages individually. Christmas trees and godeys ladys book the earliest american christmas trees. Godey s lady s book was one of the most popular ladies magazine in america during the civil war. Together with its rivals grahams magazine, petersons and a host of other lesser known efforts, the ladys magazine begun by louis a. A natural tint for the lips 1857 godeys ladies book etsy. At the outbreak of the civil war, godey s lady s book was the most successful womens magazine in the united states, with a circulation of 150,000, and an estimated readership of a million persons.
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Godeys ladys book recipes for july world turnd upside. 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. The circulation, largely due to its popular colored fashion plates, increased to 150,000 a month. Origins of godeys ladys magazine the history of the book. 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. Godeys ladys book was perhaps the premier ladys publication of the nineteenth century.
A natural tint for the lips 1857 godeys ladies book exact recipe 14 oz glass container this natural tint for the lips is beautiful. In 1837 the magazine was merged with the ladies magazine of boston, the oldest periodical of the kind in the united states. Godey s lady s book began in 1830 as the lady s book. It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the civil war. Susan baileys new book is part of a series called literary portals to prayer, which is meant to encourage a kind of literary lectio divina, a form of contemplative reading that is a pathway to prayer. See more ideas about fashion plates, victorian fashion and 1870s fashion. Under the editorship of sarah josepha hale, godeys ladys book 18301898 became one of the most influential u. Godey s lady s book was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of america.
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