While I was searching for the Thanksgiving menus in the past entries, I came across this wonderful article in the same November, 1968 issue of Family Circle magazine that one of the menus came from. As the introduction to the article explains,
“To bring you the best - north, south, east, west - we took model [...]
Continuing on with some vintage Thanksgiving recipes, we turn now to a feature that appeared in the November 1968 issue of Family Circle magazine. The cover of the magazine boasted, “Turkey and beef!” Here is the menu for this huge holiday dinner:
and many of those items are pictured here:
Luckily, at the end of this article [...]
This is an ad for the Eaton’s Catalogue which appeared in the March, 1967 issue of Chatelaine Magazine. Chatelaine is a Canadian magazine, and Eaton’s a Canadian department store chain. According to Wikipedia, Eaton’s was Canada’s largest department store retailer at one time.
I remember my family visiting Toronto when I was a kid in the [...]
This ad, from the October 1964 issue of Family Circle, reminds me exactly of the wooden spice rack filled with McCormick spices we had when I was growing up! I thought it was neat to see the spices considered typical in the 1960’s - nothing here is really unknown today. From reading the ad, I [...]
The November 1966 issue of Woman’s Day magazine featured an article entitled “Three Faces for Fall.” According to the magazine, one woman could have three faces simply by being transformed with makeup! The author of the article, Judith Chase Churchill, instructed: “Take your time when you make up. Cleansing and a complete makeup should take [...]
This elegant suit is part of a fashion story from the March 1965 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. As the article states,
“A well-chosen suit is the wisest fashion buy you can make…. Look for texture and color that speak distinctly but never shout; shape in lasting good taste, with not a sign of fad.”
The suit [...]
“Layered, all one length, short in front, short in back, straight or curly, full or shaped to the head - your hair can make you a woman of many looks.”
These photos, and their accompanying text, are from the November 1970 issue of Family Circle magazine. I have included all six of the pages because these [...]
This rice krispies ad, complete with recipes, appeared in the June 1969 issue of Family Circle magazine. Everybody seems to like rice krispies treats, but here are three new variations I have never seen before. I think the tart cups are really cute. Here they show them filled with some type of a whipped cream [...]
