Normally, I only post images that I scan into the computer directly from my own collection of ephemera. However, I have become so enamoured of these early color photographs that I had to share some of these images I found online! Believe it or not, the photo above was taken in 1910, in Savannah, Georgia. [...]
Whenever I see a complete pattern for a vintage clothing item in my old magazines, I always wish I could crochet or knit. When I saw these gorgeous jackets in the August 1910 issue of McCall’s magazine, I especially longed to make them. I think they would add such a great vintage touch to so [...]
As I write this, I can hear the rain and see the gray skies out the window, and the temperature has never gotten warm enough to take the wet chill out of the air. But as soon as I see the colorful illustration in the ad above, I am tempted to take a refreshing, cool [...]
Above is an image of an elegant hairstyle from the mid-nineteenth century, the “Greek Coiffure.” It comes from an 1866 issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book, and according to the little blurb of writing in the center of the illustration, “This coiffure requires no frisettes, and is both simple and elegant.” (I actually had no clue [...]
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In the first 20 years of this century, magazines are filled with ads enticing the reader to take a trip to California.
The weather was wonderful all year round, they explained, and the state was full of scenic wonders and lots of outdoor activities. The ad above comes from the January 1910 issue of Good Housekeeping [...]
According to Wikipedia, Grape Nuts were first developed by C. W. Post in 1897. The Grape Nuts website claims that Grape-Nuts were “named after the sucrose (”grape sugar”) that he believed formed during the baking process, as well as for its nutty flavor.” The website also claims that this was “one of the first ready-to-eat [...]
Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and that you enjoy these vintage Christmas postcards as much as I do. Both were sent in 1910.
The postcard showing the little girl climbing up the steps with a candle has a charming handwritten note on the back of it, [...]
As you may recall, in an earlier post we spoke about women working outside of the home, in a business setting. Well, in this ad for corn puffs (taken from the August 1915 issue of McCall’s), it looks like that’s exactly what this woman is doing. Unfortunately, the request her boss is making does not [...]
I work for a home medical equipment company, so naturally an ad about vintage home medical equipment was going to catch my eye! Above, you can see a 1910 ad (from the September 15 edition of Ladies’ Home Journal) featuring the Wallace Adjustable Invalid Bed. The ad boasted that “the Wallace Adjustable Bed is the [...]
As seen in an earlier entry, women in the early part of the century did work outside of the home, in business settings. However, a great majority of middle-class married women worked inside the home. With or without a maid, there was plenty of cleaning and physical labor to do in order to keep the [...]
