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Metropolitan magazine for April

Description: Image of an advertisement for the Metropolitan magazine April issue featuring a woman in a wedding dress standing slightly bent at the waist with a bouquet of flowers in her hand; she wears an off-the-shoulder white gown with a long sweeping train and full-length white gloves; row of six floral bouquets above oval red backdrop.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1900-1910
Call number: priJLC_ART_004653
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

In Vanity Fair drawings by A. B. Wenzell

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Image of an advertisement for Vanity Fair magazine featuring a woman in a long off-the-shoulder gown with puffed sleeves and a floral hat.

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Metropolitan magazine special Easter number for April

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Image of an advertisement for the Metropolitan magazine April 1906 issue; a woman in a dress with cap and apron walks through a Dutch tulip garden with trees and buildings visible in background.

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Yours sincerely Annie Ward Tiffany

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Image of a full-length portrait of American actor Annie Ward Tiffany wearing a formal gown with fashion details including a gathered skirt, ruffled hem, train, and leaf and foliage garland embroidery, and jewelry including a gold headdress, necklace, earrings, bracelets and arm cuff, and holding a floral bouquet.

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Original big 4 : Smith, Waldron, Cronin & Martin in their new departure

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Image of head-and-shoulder portraits of each of the four members of the "Big Four" variety entertainment troupe, William Smith (also known as W.H. Smith), Master Martin, Tim Cronin (also known as T. J. Cronin), and Dan Waldron, in formal dress, each framed in the center of a rose with a woman's hand holding the bouquet of four flowers.

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The largest millinery house in the world. Jas. G. Johnson & Co. importers and manufacturers of millinery goods, straw and fancy hats

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Image of a parade with a woman seated on a chair hung with roses holding a banner that reads "Peace and Prosperity," she wears white robes and a diadem the reads "Columbia" and is draped with an American flag; bald eagle and laurel wreath sit amongst flowers at her feet; men wearing military uniforms and ethnic garb from their respective countries cheer and throw floral bouquets with various messages of goodwill attached, including China, England, Germany, Japan, Italy, Persia, Austria, Canada, Cuba and others; image of the millinery building and storefront at "649-651-653-655 Broadway New York" at top right; circular frames along left margin feature American achievements like sky scrapers, yachts, steel, the Panama Canal, artist.s, train cars & engines, and agricultural implements.

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Image of a bouquet of pink poppies lying on a white surface.

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Metropolitan magazine for April

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