Demorest, Mme. (Ellen Louise Curtis), 1824-1898 (1824-1898)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1824-1898
Biography
Mme. Demorest was a publisher of fashion periodicals. She began her career as the owner of a millinery shop in Saratoga Springs, NY, at the age of 18. At 34 she married William Jennings Demorest, a dry-goods purveyor, and the couple founded their fashion business with a shop on Broadway in 1860, "Madame Demorest's Emporium of Fashions." The couple expanded to publishing in the same decade, with titles such as Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions, Demorest's Young America, and Demorest's Illustrated Monthly. In addition to fashion plates advertising the fashions of figures such as Empress Eugenie, the magazines were the first to feature paper dressmaking patterns for at-home use, an innovation of Mme. Demorest. The Demorests were champions of women's rights, featuring the writing of Louisa May Alcott and Julia Ward Howe in their publications. Jennie June, a.k.a. Jane Cunningham Croly, was a longtime editor of Demorest's Illustrated Monthly, and went on to found the Sorosis (later the New York Newswomen's Club) with the help of Mme. Demorest.
Places
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Mme. Demorest
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0208
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
Mme. Demorest, circa 1892
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0212
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
circa 1892
Mme. Demorest
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0567
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
Mme. Demorest
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0845
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
Mme. Demorest and 2 women
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.1.RFC 0118
Scope and Contents
From the box:
This box includes 7 daguerrotypes and 2 photographs. Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0117: "Will J Demorest; 3x3.5; adorned cover with clasp. Cover unattached." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0118: "(Mme. Demorest, center) and 2 women; 3.5x4.5 adorned case with clasps. Inscribed on face: Olmed & zynawmn [sic]; cover unattached; on inside: 'Anson, 589 Broadway, N.Y.'." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0120: "William Jennings Demorest; 3x3.25, without cover; gold...
Dates:
1854
Mme. Demorest, "In fancy dress"
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0846
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
Unframed images, 1878-1892
folder
Identifier: SC.505.1.2
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
Vienna Demorest, William Curtis Demorest, Henry Clay Demorest, William Jennings Demorest, Evelyn Louise Demorest, and Mme. Demorest, 1878
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0210
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878
William Curtis Demorest, Mme. Demorest, and Evelyn Louise Demorest
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0211
Scope and Contents
From the folder:
This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates:
1878-1892
William Jennings Demorest and Mme. Demorest
Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.1.RFC 0122
Scope and Contents
From the box:
This box includes 7 daguerrotypes and 2 photographs. Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0117: "Will J Demorest; 3x3.5; adorned cover with clasp. Cover unattached." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0118: "(Mme. Demorest, center) and 2 women; 3.5x4.5 adorned case with clasps. Inscribed on face: Olmed & zynawmn [sic]; cover unattached; on inside: 'Anson, 589 Broadway, N.Y.'." Daguerrotype formerly identified as RFC 0120: "William Jennings Demorest; 3x3.25, without cover; gold...
Dates:
1854