FREE 1850s-1860s Ladies Magazines with Colored Plates

[Anita]

Betty, spent some time on this site reading magazines and checking out other information on the blog http://victorianneedle.blogspot.com/2014...adies.html. One of the subjects that surprised me was found by opening the "Research" window and clicking on "Breastfeeding". There are amazing daguerreotypes of Victorian women nursing their babies. If you click on the link in the article it takes you to more photos and an article in UK's "Daily Mail".

What I found surprising is that these women would sit for a male photographer. Did Mary Lincoln breastfeed her boys? If she did I can't imagine her posing for a photo.

Thanks for the post Betty.