I was very excited to find that the whole Barbara Johnson album has now been digitized by the VAM. The older version of their site only had about four pages, that I could see, and the reprints have been cost-prohibitively out-of-print ever since I started looking for it. The only downside is that the images in the web-browser can't be enlarged to see details--but you can download high-resolution copies.
If anyone is wondering why this is a big deal: this is a 77-year fabric & fashion scrapbook from the mid 18th to early 19th century, with fashion plates and fabric samples which are labelled with the year and type of garment they were used in. It's an amazing primary source.
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