The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 – Vintage 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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This rare historic image captures The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833
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Few children's books of the 1830s made a bolder claim than *The Only True Mother Goose*, issued in Boston by Monroe & Francis in 1833. The title hints at a crowded market, since by then several publishers in England and America were printing their own Mother Goose collections, each presenting its text as the authentic one. These verses had circulated orally for generations before they reached print, and the Boston firms helped turn them into small, illustrated volumes that children could hold and read aloud.
| 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 × 1,076 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125977 |
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