{"product_id":"antique-1895-ladies-home-journal-christmas-magazine-victorian-fashion-ads-kate-greenaway-rudyard-kipling","title":"Antique 1895 Ladies' Home Journal Christmas Magazine Victorian Fashion Ads Kate Greenaway Rudyard Kipling","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal \u003cb\u003eDecember 1895 Christmas issue of The Ladies' Home Journal\u003c\/b\u003e, published by The Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003eVol. XIII, No. 1\u003c\/b\u003e, dated December 1895. It is a large-format magazine and provides an look at American women's fashion, advertising, literature, domestic life and consumer culture at the end of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest is \u003cb\u003e\"Maidie's Dance,\" with drawings by Kate Greenaway and verses by Laura E. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e. The issue also includes the beginning of \u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling's \"William the Conqueror,\"\u003c\/b\u003e with illustrations by W. L. Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFashion content includes illustrated articles on \u003cb\u003egowns for special occasions, evening bonnets and wraps, cloaks, capes and other late Victorian women's fashions\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magazine contains numerous advertisements throughout, many illustrated, providing an excellent record of products, fashions and everyday life in 1895. Advertisements shown include \u003cb\u003ePears' Soap (back cover), Kayser gloves, R\u0026amp;G corsets, Columbia bicycles, Carson Pirie Scott \u0026amp; Co., Stevens cloaks, Lewis Union Suits\u003c\/b\u003e and many others. There is also an advertisement announcing the forthcoming serial publication of \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Barrie's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSentimental Tommy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther contents include Christmas gift suggestions, recipes and Christmas puddings, fiction, household articles and advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attractive colour Christmas cover depicts a formal holiday gathering and is marked \u003cb\u003e\"Christmas 1895.\"\u003c\/b\u003e The rear cover has a full-page colour \u003cb\u003ePears' Soap\u003c\/b\u003e advertisement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e46 pages plus covers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/b\u003e 11 1\/4\" × 16 3\/8\" (28.6 × 41.6 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Good antique condition for a magazine dating from 1895. The covers show age-related wear, including edge wear, small tears and losses along the upper edge, some creasing and discolouration\/spotting. There is “Kate Greenaway Illust.” written lightly in pencil at the upper right of the front cover. Interior pages show occasional edge tears and age-related wear but are generally clean and present well. Please examine the photographs for condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn excellent original source for someone who appreciates \u003cb\u003eVictorian fashion, advertising, women's history, illustration and late 19th-century American social history\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poppy's Vintage Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50417006018665,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/1559\/files\/1895-Ladies-Home-Journal.jpg?v=1790372439","url":"https:\/\/www.poppysvintageclothing.com\/de\/products\/antique-1895-ladies-home-journal-christmas-magazine-victorian-fashion-ads-kate-greenaway-rudyard-kipling","provider":"Poppy's Vintage Clothing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}