The Delineator was an American women’s magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founded by the Butterick Publishing Company in 1869 under the name
The Metropolitan Monthly. Its name was changed in 1875. The magazine was published on a monthly basis in New York City. In November 1926, under the editorship of Mrs. William Brown Meloney, it absorbed
The Designer, founded in 1887 and published by the Standard Fashion Company, a Butterick subsidiary.
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The Delineator covers |
One of its managing editors was writer Theodore Dreiser, who worked with other members of the staff such as Sarah Field Splint (later known for writing cookbooks ) and Arthur Sullivant Hoffman. The novelist and short story writer, Honoré Willsie Morrow served as editor, 1914–19.
The Delineator featured the Butterick sewing patterns and provided an in-depth look at the fashion of the day. Butterick also produced quarterly catalogs of fashion patterns in the 1920s and early 1930s.
In addition to clothing patterns, the magazine published photos and drawings of embroidery and needlework that could be used to adorn both clothing and items for the home. It also included articles on all forms of home decor. It also published fiction, including many short stories by L. Frank Baum. In the late 1920s, it featured covers by noted fashion artist Helen Dryden.
It ceased publication in 1937. Take a look at these vintage photos to see covers of The Delineator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Delineator cover, August 1894 |
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The Delineator cover, October 1899 |
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The Delineator cover, July 1901 |
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The Delineator cover, May 1908 |
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The Delineator cover, July 1910 |
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The Delineator cover, September 1916 |
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The Delineator cover, April 1917 |
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The Delineator cover, August 1917 |
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The Delineator cover, July 1917 |
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The Delineator cover, March 1917 |
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The Delineator cover, February 1919 |
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The Delineator cover, November 1919 |
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The Delineator cover, November 1921 |
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The Delineator cover, October 1922 |
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The Delineator cover, August 1927 |
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The Delineator cover, June 1927 |
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The Delineator cover, November 1927 |
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The Delineator cover, May 1928 |
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28 The Delineator cover, November 1928 |
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The Delineator cover, April 1929 |
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The Delineator cover, August 1929 |
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The Delineator cover, December 1930 |
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The Delineator cover, February 1930 |
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The Delineator cover, August 1931 |
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The Delineator cover, June 1931 |
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The Delineator cover, March 1931 |
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The Delineator cover, May 1931 |
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The Delineator cover, November 1931 |
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The Delineator cover, August 1932 |
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The Delineator cover, January 1932 |
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The Delineator cover, June 1932 |
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The Delineator cover, May 1932 |
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The Delineator cover, April 1934 |
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The Delineator cover, February 1934 |
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The Delineator cover, January 1935 |
More 100 years. That's great
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