Archive for April, 2008
Homemaking Receipt Books
You’ll find them listed as “Receipt Books” . Volumes originally meant to be cookbooks that came to mean much more as historical housewives journaled their homemaking tips, notes, and routines in them. We refer to them these days as homemaking journals. Some were turned into volumes for purchase and others are only passed on from [...]
Vintage Aprons
From what we know the Vintage Homemaker’s uniform always included an apron.
Used as a way to protect good clothing without having to wash too much the apron could be donned once again for the next day’s housework without worry of a few spills from the previous day’s toil.
The apron has long been the symbol [...]
Peterson’s Magazine
Peterson’s Magazine, another vintage women’s magazine included fine needlework patterns, short stories and lovely colorful fashion plates.
The Modern Priscilla
The Modern Priscilla, a vintage women’s home magazine published during the late 1800’s early 1900’s carried varied information for the vintage woman. Gardening tips, homemaking, needlework and fashion.
MODERN PRISCILLA MAGAZINE,8-1921,F.H.DISCH FRONT COVER
US $9.99 [...]
Ladies Home Companion
Starting out as The Home and ending as Woman’s Home Companion, Ladies Home Companion Vintage Magazine
included needlwork patterns, short fiction stories and recipes to help the woman at home.
Ladies’ Home Companion HB 1903 GD Illustrated
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