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Advertisements and back pages from The Modern Priscilla July 1913

Here are the final pages of the July 1913 issue of The Modern Priscilla. It wraps up and concludes the fashion and cooking articles, as well as shorter articles, including the Priscilla Juniors section and article about Summer Food for Children. These last pages are also chock full of ads for interesting things

Ely & Walker St. Louis MO 1920s fashion advertisement

1920s St. Louis Fashion Advertisements

Here are two more vintage advertisements from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. The first is for Schwarz & Wild, with a salesroom at 1508 Washington Ave, St. Louis MO. They apparently specialized in “one price only” $3.75  dresses made of Crepes deChine, Taffetas, Messalines, Satin de Chine, Foulards, Susquehanna’s, Poplins, Poiret Twills, and other [...]

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Late Edwardian Fashion Illustrations, Style Advice, and Advertisements

These few pages of Edwardian fashion drawings were most fascinating! The Modern Priscilla advised on summer styles for the 1917 bride, house dresses and negligee, Summer styles for children, and spring coats for grown ups. I’ve scanned a few pages twice to make sure that I also got the ads along the sides of the [...]