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Harper's Bazaar was first published on the 2nd of November 1867 in New York City. The magazine debuted as a weekly folio tabloid edited by Mary Louise Booth and quickly gained circulation between 70,000 and 100,000 copies within the first six weeks.
Mary Louise Booth edited Harper's Bazaar from its founding in 1867 until her death in 1889. She served as the voice of the publication and oversaw early contributions from literary figures such as Virginia Woolf and George Eliot.
Carmel Snow took the helm of Harper's Bazaar in 1934. She immediately began dismantling rigid conventions of fashion photography and recruited Russian artist Alexey Brodovitch as art director to revolutionize the magazine's design.
Guadeloupean model Ady Fidelin was the first black model to appear in a major American fashion magazine in 1937. Harper's Bazaar broke racial barriers by featuring Fidelin under the editorship of Carmel Snow.
China Machado appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar in December 1959. She was a Chinese-American model who challenged the publisher's fears that Southern subscribers would cancel their subscriptions.