Godey's Lady's Book was a women's magazine published from 1830-1878. It included poems and short stories by prominent writers, articles, illustrations, fashion-plates (colored images of women in the fashionable dress of the moment), and sewing patterns.
You can browse the issues from 1850 here:
http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/
You can look at samples from throughout the 1850s here:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/contents.html
A few specific examples:
"The Nest at Home"
Poem: "The Orphans"
Poem: "Love"
Fashion-plate:
Wedding fashion-plate:
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