The Boston Sunday Herald - Ladies want it – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The Boston Sunday Herald - Ladies want it. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Boston Sunday Herald - Ladies want it
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Ladies want it" is the phrase that sets this color poster apart, pitching the Boston Sunday Herald directly to women readers at a time when newspapers often courted them as household buyers. The catalog dates it only to the 189-? range, so it probably comes from the 1890s, though the exact year is uncertain. Late in the century, Sunday editions were growing with society news, fashion, and household features, and street posters like this one were used to win readers in a crowded Boston newspaper market. The bold color printing was meant to catch the eye of passersby, and it still shows how newspapers sold themselves in that period.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [189-?] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,065 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126369 |
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