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Whew! Finally done scanning this lengthy Victorian fashion magazine! I broke the spine while scanning it, but atleast now it’s all digitally preserved. These last few pages of this magazine include alot of advertisements and illustrations. Specifically: The Metropolitan Catalogue of Fashions – a 2 page spread with illustrations of child’s dresses, ladies’ cloaks, boy’s [...]
I’m almost done scanning these last few pages of the 1892 Delineator! At first, I thought it was a catalog, but after reading and digitally preserving my way thru this issue, I can see that it was a fashion magazine… full of advertisements relevant to the articles, like our modern upscale fashion publications still are. [...]
I don’t think this 1892 fashion magazine is ever going to end! Here are 6 more scans, full of early 1890s Victorian advertisements. Advertisements from these back pages include: “The Pattern Cook Book” – a comprehensive work on culinary science Young Ladies’ Journal Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral The Illustrated American Burpee’s seeds (one of the few [...]
Here’s some scans from the back pages of The Delineator advertising beauty products, pianos, silverware, oil lamps, manners books, flowers, and washing machines. It’s especially interesting to see the illustrated washing machine ad, since I cannot imagine washing clothing without electricity! Also, in these pages, the “Answers to Correspondences” section continues, with some fashion advice [...]
These two pages of ads from the winter holiday issue of the Delineator are incredibly informative about the kinds of toys and dolls that children in the Victorian era used to play with. The dolls were little miniatures of adult fashions, and the stuffed animal patterns illustrated here seemed to be really true to life. [...]
This begins the extended end of the Winter issue of the 1892 Delineator fashion magazine. It starts with a full page advertisement for all kinds of pretty miscellany, including fur sets for children, fur trimmings, decorative nail heads, guimps, lace of all kinds, medici collars, and squares of printed China silk. The next page includes [...]
Here are some miscellaneous scans from near the back of the winter Delineator Fashion Magazine. As you can tell, Victorian women had alot of past times and made alot of arts and crafts! Articles include: Rugs and Robes of Fur:Â Unfortunately, this 1892 article on fur fashions didn’t include any pictures, but it goes quite in [...]
Here are some scans showing mostly lace making patterns and crochet designs from the early 1890s for various things, including how to knit and crochet childrens booties and baby clothes! This series of scans from the 1892 Delineator Fashion Magazine start with patterns for a crochet fascinator and infant’s blanket. The crochet and knit section [...]
Starting out with yarn doll illustrations and how to make one for your tot from cotton yarn or cord – with shoe button eyes! The next page is an illustrated article on “Cozy Corners and Artistic Nooks”, followed by a pattern or design for Brazilian Embroidery, to be made of gold thread. Fashionable dress fabrics [...]
Wow! These 10 pages of Fashions for January 1892 from the Delineator were truly illustrated miscellany! These include the latest hat fashions of the early 1890s, a discussion and description 0f different kinds of decorative bows, an illustration of a walking skirt and yolk waist, and a very full article on dressmaking at home. The [...]
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