Godey's fashions for July 1874 – Historic Reproduction
(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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Godey's fashions for July 1874 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Godey's fashions for July 1874
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Fashion plates like this one, from Godey's Lady's Book, were the closest thing American women had to a runway in the 1870s. The July 1874 issue's hand-colored lithograph shows the silhouettes of the summer season: skirts gathered and draped at the back in the fashion of the bustle era, with trimmings and bonnets arranged for warm-weather wear. Louis Antoine Godey's magazine, founded in Philadelphia in 1830, was widely read and carefully shaped middle-class taste, and its plates were often copied by dressmakers working at home. Looking closely at the fabrics and trims shows how fashion was then reproduced by hand from printed models.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1874 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124130 |
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