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Godey's Lady's Book - Women's Fashions, 1860s Style

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Godey's Lady's Book - Women's Fashions
Godey's Lady's Book - 1863

Godey's Lady's Book - 1863

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Godey's Lady's Book, edited by Sarah Josepha Hale, published fashion illustrations, hand-tinted to provide some color. The images in this series have been adapted from 1860s copies of that magazine.

This particular page is from about 1863. The illustrator was Christopher Kimmel.

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