Magazine Print, 1915, The Mother - Dream, Poem by May Stanley, Original Magazine Page, Antique Extremely RARE

• Antique Magazine Page, The Mother-Dream, Poem by May Stanley, 1915 Art Deco Illustration Lady Praying to the Blessed Mary, Frameable, Spiritual, Praying for Motherhood, Religious, Mother's Day Ideas, (Out of Print)
• Made in: USA
• Vintage:  1915
• Details:  This is a very old magazine page print featuring a poem by May Stanley (1889-1938), titled: The Mother-Dream.  It is a full page, full color, original page from a 1915 Pictorial Review magazine, colors remain bright.  The illustration is Art Deco in style, with an absolutely beautiful depiction of a young woman praying to the Virgin Mary, based on the poem, she wants to become a mother. The cherub angels, candles and other designs around the borders bring the true Art Deco look to this piece.  The poem was originally published in May Stanley's book:  "A Minnesota Christmas: And Other Verses", (1914)  This is an original page from the magazine, not a print or reproduction.    
• Materials:  Paper
• Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.75 inches (Including Borders)
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Very Good Vintage Condition.  This is an original page from a magazine. There are very light stains and minor tears on the borders, can be framed out.  This is ephemera, 110 years old!!  There may be slight imperfections including slight discoloration and micro tears.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show any scratches, wear and tear and imperfections.   

Not much was found on American poet, Mary Stanley's birth and early life.  We know that in 1907 she was living in Adams County, Washington with her journalist husband WF Stanley.  By 1912 they had divorced and Mary moved to Minnesota.  There she worked at the Grand Rapids Herold Review and the Duluth News Tribune. A year later she re-married, this time to Guy Finch, a co-worker who unfortunately died of TB in 1914.  That same year Mary published her first collection of poems, titled:  "Minnesota Christmas and other Verses". Eventually she moved to New York and wrote songs for "Musical America".  In 1916 she re-marries again, this time to Merle Crowell, a publisher, but he joins the Navy and eventually they divorce.  In 1920, she re-marries, this time Elmer Brown Mason is the lucky fellow, a writer and war veteran.  Mary publishes "Fair Weather Cometh" in 1923;  "Blue Meadows" in 1933, she moves to California and continues writing.  Mary Stanley passed away on June 6, 1938 of Graves Disease.  In 1946, three of her poems won the Jessie Mackay Memorial Poetry Award.  Her work has been described as a "retrospective reading".