The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
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Important Dates:
- 1890’s-1910’s Artist and illustrator Charles Dana Gibson creates an image of the ideal American Girl, setting the standard of feminine beauty that endured for decades. Gibson’s eponymous female character, the “Gibson Girl,” becomes popularly known throughout the United States as her look was widely emulated. Some of Gibson’s models include Virginia socialites, the Langhorne sisters, and actresses Evelyn Nesbit and Camille Clifford.
- November 7, 1895: Charles marries one of his models, Virginia socialite and sister of Nancy Astor, Irene Langhorne.
Suggested Search Strategies:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as
phrases using Search
Pages in Chronicling America.] . Charles Dana Gibson or C.D. Gibson, Gibson Girl, Langhorne Beauties, Nancy Astor, Irene Langhorne, American Girl.
- You may want to search for articles within the following date range: 1890-1910.
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
- "Face of Romance and Face of Reality,"
St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN),
August 21, 1895, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4-6.
- "Beauty and Genius United,"
The Times (Richmond, VA) ,
November 08, 1895, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1-4 .
- "Three Beautiful and Accomplished Virginia Young Women Who Became Exceedingly Popular in Social Circles Up North,"
The Times (Richmond, VA),
February 04, 1900, Page 15, Image 15, col. 1-7.
- "The New Gibson Girl is Not of Lady Vere de Vere Type,"
The St. Louis Republic (St.Louis, MO),
October 21, 1900, Part II, Image 15, col. 1-3.
- "Gibson's New Model,"
The St. Louis Republic (St.Louis, MO),
July 06, 1902, Magazine Section, Image 35, col. 1-4.
- "The American Girl Face,"
The St. Louis Republic (St.Louis, MO),
March 8, 1903, Magazine Section, Image 62, col. 1-5.
- "The American Girl's Evolution in Beauty,"
The St. Louis Republic (St.Louis, MO),
October 25, 1903, Magazine Section, Image 51, col. 1-7.
- "That Original Gibson Girl ,"
St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN),
November 13, 1904, Page 32, Image 32, col. 1-2.
- "Has Los Angeles a Gibson Girl?,"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA),
December 03, 1905, Image 29, col. 1-4.
- "Gibson Girl Wedded,"
Amador Ledger (Jackson, CA),
June 15, 1906, Image 3, col. 1-3.
- "Gibson Walk Brings Fame and Riches to Obscure American Servant Girl Who Will Marry Heir to a Peerage,"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC),
September 09, 1906, Metropolitan Section, Image 13, col. 2-4.
- "Lovely Women of this City Charm Gibson,"
San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
November 23, 1908, Page 16, Image 16, col. 1-4.
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