The Delineator (June 1881)

I purchased this Magazine, along with several other issues from the 1880's, from a seller on Ebay. Several of these issues appear to have been folded in thirds at some point, but fortunately, they weren't terribly damaged. I expect they weren't stored like that for long.

I really love the Delineator issues that I have from the 1880's and 90's. They all contain many beautiful fashion illustrations as well as information about fabrics, colors, trimmings, and even neat crafting stuff. This particular issue has a number of stunning natural form styles along with information on clothing your men and children and quite a bit about trimming and embroidery.

The only unfortunate part about this issue is that it is missing four pages. I noticed that some of the pages near the back were pulling out, but I did not notice the missing pages until I got to scanning that part of the magazine. I'm pretty sure I didn't lose them, since the issue has been living in a mylar sleeve since it arrived at my home. I'm pretty sure that there weren't any illustrations of note on those pages, but I'm not sure what articles they may have held. Oh well.

I'm once again using my new scanner with it's slightly wonky color correction. I would say that most of the pages are slightly darker, but about as warm as the scans. It's a little more erratic in tone than I would like, but it shouldn't affect the legibility of the pages any. ;)

Scanning the magazine took me about two hours and I've managed to automate some parts of the web page generation, so that wasn't too bad (about 3 more hours).

The thumbnails below link to the 100 dpi copies of the magazine pages. If you just want to read the magazine (rather than print it out) these copies should work just fine. I have 300 dpi versions of these images, which may be available at some point in the future when I find hosting that can handle the size of them again.

Download the individual pages (100 dpi):

• Front Cover
  
• Inside of Front Cover
  
• Seasonable Styles: Prevailing and Incoming Fasion in Paris and New York
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Street Costume",
  "Ladies' Walking Costume",
  and "Ladies' Costume"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Street Costume",
  and "Ladies' House Costume"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Muslin Costume"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Costume"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Morning Toilette"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Costume"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' House Dress"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Adjustable, Shirred Wrapper"
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Costume" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Costume, with Adjustable Cape" (front and back, good use of braid)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Shirred Costume" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Polonaise" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Shirred Wrap" (front and back),
  and "Ladies' Ulsterette" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Cape" (front and back),
  and "Ladies' Sack" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  two things labeled "Ladies' Basque" (front and back for both),
  and "Ladies' Tucked Basque" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Shirred Basque" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Basque" (front and back),
  and "Ladies' Bathing Costume" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Sun-Bonnet",
  "Ladies' Morning Cap",
  and "Ladies' Drawers" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Combination Corset-Cover and Demi-Trained Skirt" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.,
  "Ladies' Night-Dress, with Yoke Back" (front and back),
  and "Ladies' Over-Skirt" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Walking Skirt" (front and back)
  
• Seasonable Styles... cont.
  and "Ladies' Walking Skirt" (front and back)
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls,
  "Misses' Muslin Costume",
  and "Misses' Costume"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.
  and "Misses' Costume"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.,
  "Girls' Street Costume",
  and "Girls' House Costume"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.
  and two very different things labeled "Misses' Costume"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.
  "Misses' Costume" (front and back),
  and "Misses' Dress" (front and back)
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.
  and three things labeled "Girls' Costume" (front and back for all three)
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.,
  "Girls' Dress",
  "Girls' Ulsterette",
  and "Girls' 'Mother Hubbard' Cloak"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.,
  "Misses' Shirred Basque",
  and "Girls' Over-Dress"
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.,
  "Girls' Bathing Costume" (front and back),
  "Girls' Bonnet",
  and "Girls' Bathing Costume" (front and back)
  
• Styles for Misses and Girls cont.,
  "Misses' Apron" (front and back),
  "Misses' Fichu" (front and back),
  "Misses' Over-Skirt" (front and back),
  and Special Rates for Packages of Patterns
  
• Styles for Little Folks,
  "Child's Costume",
  "Child's Dress" (front and back),
  and "Child's Low-Necked Dress" (front and back)
  
• Styles for Little Folks cont.,
  "Child's Guimpe" (front and back),
  "Child's Hat",
  and "Child's Bathing Costume" (front and back)
  
• Styles for Little Folks cont.,
  Department for Men and Boys,
  "Infants' Cloak",
  "Men's Working Pants" (front and back),
  and "Boys' Sack Night-Shirt" (front and back)
  
• Department for Men and Boys cont.,
  "Gentlemen's Sack Night-Shirt",
  and "Gentlemen's Pajamas"
  
• Illustrated Miscellany (sections "Hats and Bonnets" and "Modish Lingerie"),
  two things labeled "Ladies' Round Hat",
  "Girls' Hat",
  "Ladies' Bonnet",
  and "Ladies' Poke Bonnet"
  
• Illustrated Miscellany cont. (section "Dressmaking at Home"),
  "Ladies' Bonnet",
  "Ladies' Cape" (front and back),
  and "Ladies' Collarette" (front and back)
  
• Illustrated Miscellany cont.,
  "Vest Decoration for a Waist",
  "Ladies' Waist",
  "Plastron of Mull",
  and "Front-Gore for a Skirt"
  
• Illustrated Miscellany cont.,
  "Front-Gore for a Muslin Dress",
  "Front-Gore for a Muslin Skirt",
  and four images labeled "Novelties in Sleeve Decoration"
  
• Illustrated Miscellany cont. (section "Artistic Needle-Work"),
  "Ladies' Muslin Sleeve",
  "Flounce for a Skirt",
  "Skirt Trimming",
  and "Skirt Decoration"
  
• Illustrated Miscellany cont. (sections "Styles for Gentlemen" and "The Work-Table"),
  "Trimming for a White Skirt",
  "Decoration for a Skirt or Over-Dress",
  "Decoration for a Dress Skirt",
  "Decoration for a Muslin Dress",
  and "Skirt Trimming"
  
• Dress Materials,
  "Design for a Corner or Center Piece",
  "Filling For Embroidered Scollops",
  "Open-Work Embroidery",
  and "Design for a Border"
  
• Dress Materials cont.
  and four images labeled "Views of the Flexor Flat Scarf"
  
• Dress Materials cont.,
  "Tobacco Pouch",
  and "Ornamental Hanging-Basket"
  
• Stylish Trimmings
  and "Paper Holder or Rack"
  
• The end of Stylish Trimmings
  and Summer Millinery
  
• Summer Millinery cont.
  
• The end of Summer Millinery
  and Our London Letter
  
• Toilettes for Summer
  
• Toilettes for Summer cont.
  
• The end of Toilettes for Summer
  and Suggestions to Amateur Dressmakers
  
• The end of Suggestions to Amateur Dressmakers
  and Daughters
  
• This is where the missing four pages (383 - 386) would be.
  
  
• The end of ?
  and Answers to Correspondents
  
• Answers to Correspondents cont.
  
• Answers to Correspondents cont.
  
• Answers to Correspondents cont.
  and Travelling Swindlers
  
• Various advertisments
  
• Various advertisments
  and Instructions for Selecting Patterns
  
• Inside of Back Cover (with various Butterick ads.)
  
• Back Cover (including a weird ad. for some sort of musical instrument, perhaps an organ?)