Better than Socks and Underwear!

Dedication page of The Annualette. A Christmas and New Year’s Gift, edited by a Lady. Boston: T.H. Carter, 1845.

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This annual, with engravings, poems and stories, was given to Mary White by her mother as a New Year’s gift. Publishers quickly realized their books were popular presents and added decorative dedication pages where donors could inscribe their thoughts and wishes.

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