1890s
Gibson Girl Newspaper Clipping from 1966
Here’s a newspaper clipping from 1966 about an 86 year old former Gibson Girl model, Mrs. Josephine Gibson Knowlton, the sister of Charles Dana Gibson. She was “the original Gibson Girl”.
Chicago World’s Fair – the 1893 Columbian Exposition
The World’s Columbian Exposition was a world’s fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing Columbus’ voyage to the New World. These scans are Volume 8 of the pamphlet series, The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views of the World’s Columbian Exposition. I also bought Volume 10, thinking that this was the St. Louis World’s Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), but that’s what I get for being on eBay too late at night.
Early 1900s St. Louis Photos
These were in a mixed album of early 1900s St. Louis photos that I scanned. One of these shows the civil courts building under construction, with just the steel beams up, which was completed in 1930 (so this picture would have been c. 1929). Another old photo is dated 1910 and appears to be a group photo of men in the Teamsters Union.
To Man, Woman is Basically Funny – history of pinups in humor
hoopskirts to bathing suits, this Cheesecake Pinup magazine takes a look at the history of sexual innuendo in humor and media.
One of the first cartoons is from the 1860s, showing the wind blowing up a dress to reveal the hoopskirt underneath and (gasp) the sexyness of the woman’s ankels! Then came the peepshows in the Kinetoscopes of the 1890s (as examples are The Bedroom Farce, and a womens’ wrestling). Then, the late 1890s cinema came along, and in the early 1900s, Hollywood and the Keystone comedies and the scantily clad “big names wearing too little” and sensual Femme Fatale Movie Stars of the 1920s…
How to Measure for a Victorian Pattern – and The back pages of the 1892 Delineator Fashion Magazine
Victorian fashion advertisements, household appliance ads, and misc. ads
Victorian Ads for Burpee’s Seeds, skin bleach creams, typewriters, pianos, and more
Victorian beauty advertisements, and other misc ads
Illustrated patterns for Victorian Dolls and Toys
Victorian Advertisements: Dress Trimmings, Fur Coats, Beads, Stamps, New Mother Instructions, and More
Victorian Handcrafts, Flowers, Beauty Advice, and Moral Advice
Victorian Crochet, Knit, and Lace Making Patterns
Yarn Doll instructions, Brazilian Embroidery Patterns, Fur trimmings, Seasonable Millinery, and How to Care for Canaries – misc
Illustrated Miscellany: 1892 Hat Fashions, Victorian Embroidery, Dressmaking at Home, and other household crafts
Patterns for Making Dolls and a toy elephant (Victorian Toys – 1892)
1890s Children’s Fashions – styles for boys and girls
1890s Fashions for Misses and Girls (Winter of 1892 – The Delineator)
Winter 1892 Ladies Sleeve, Skirt, Bustle, and Skirt Train Fashions
1892 Cloak, Coat, and Basque Fashions
