The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare historic image captures The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833
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The Only True Mother Goose, issued in Boston by Monroe & Francis in 1833, announces its rivalry in its title. The rhymes it gathers come from an English oral tradition that had been printed for children since the eighteenth century, and by the 1830s American publishers were reprinting them in inexpensive editions for home and schoolroom use. The boast of being the only true version reflects the competition among Mother Goose collections of the period, each claiming its text was the authentic one. It is worth noticing how small books like this one helped fix the rhymes many American children learned by heart.
| Medium | 1 item. |
|---|---|
| Genre | old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Nursery rhymes." |
| Notes | 1833 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,249 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125972 |
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