Illus. covers of Munro's Ten Cent Novels, 185-: Kit Carson's Bride – Vintage Wall Art
![Illus. covers of Munro's Ten Cent Novels, 185-: Kit Carson's Bride, [185-] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bb/bb7bf7087562-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Illus. covers of Munro's Ten Cent Novels, 185-: Kit Carson's Bride, an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Illus. covers of Munro's Ten Cent Novels, 185-: Kit Carson's Bride
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Among the many dime novels built around the American frontier, this cover from Munro's Ten Cent Novels stands out for placing a wedding at its center. Kit Carson, the scout and guide whose name helped sell cheap fiction in the decades after his death in 1868, appears in this wood engraving, which was designed to catch the eye of readers at newsstands. Dime novels often mixed fact with invention, so the romance promised by the title reflects publishers' appetite for adventure more than any documented event. The subject headings also point to Native American women, a theme these stories frequently handled through stereotype.
| Created / published | [185-] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | #229. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Carson, Christopher, 1809-1868. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dime novels; Ind. of NA--Women; BI; RBD; Books...; Shelf. C-, Christopher, 1809-1868. X C-, Kit, 1809-1868. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 996 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142038 |
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