The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 – 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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The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833
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Few nursery titles sound as confident as *The Only True Mother Goose*, a children's book issued by the Boston firm of Monroe & Francis in 1833. Its verses belonged to an oral tradition that had circulated in England for generations before being printed in chapbooks and collections. By the 1830s, Boston publishers were producing inexpensive editions of these rhymes for American households, and the word "only" in the title suggests the publisher was competing with rival versions. The catalog places the item under nursery rhymes, which fits its purpose as a book meant to be read aloud to young children.
| 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 | 1,536 × 1,021 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125974 |
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