Picked up a copy of Peterson’s Magazine from 1889 today at an estate sale for like $7. I really loved this page, someone tell me the birds aren’t real tho :’) even if I know you’re lying
Made of a thick textured plastic, the gold sections appear to be embossed.
Transcript:
In loving remembrance of
Jesse Goodge,
Died July 10, 1894.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home,
Which can never be filled.
God in His wisdom has recalled,
The boon His love has given,
And though the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven.
Below is a Poem by W.H. Lingard, printed that same year about this brief fashion trend:
The ladies wanting something new,
As women are so prone to do,
Wear lofty heels upon the shoe
To give them a Grecian bend.
With foot so short, and heel so high,
They can’t stand plumb if they would try,
And so they think to catch the eye
By means of a Grecian bend.