This article comes from the September 1912 issue of McCall’s magazine. I love reading old recipes, because so often they demonstrate how much our palates have changed from one generation to another. Sometimes, though, they show how much our tastes remain the same. I found both of these statements to be proven in this one [...]
A beautiful woman graces the cover of this sheet music from 1912, “That’s How I Need You.” I love the subtle coloring and gorgeous illustration, and that made me curious about the song itself. It was written by Joe Goodwin and Joe McCarthy (words), and Al Piantadosi (music); and, according to the cover, was “successfully [...]
According to the ad above, from the April 1916 issue of Ladies Home Journal, “Women are beginning to look beyond the mere beautifying of their homes with paints and varnishes. They see the results of decay when painting is delayed and the unnecessary cost of frequent paintings when poor paint is used.” This is where [...]
…you’d better sign up for the Knox Build-Up Plan right away!
The ad shown above comes from the April, 1942 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal magazine. It encouraged readers to sign up for the “Knox Build-Up Plan,” which you could receive free by writing to Knox. “2 out of 3 of hundreds who volunteered to drink [...]
-Taken from Campbell’s ad from the November 1923 Women’s Home Companion.
I personally can’t imagine a worse time to catch a stomach virus than Thanksgiving week. Unfortunately, that’s just what happened to me! I had the week scheduled off from work, and had plans of things to do around the house, and new recipes to try, [...]
For fashions from this issue, see the post below.
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I just received my latest acquisition, the November 1912 issue of McCall’s Magazine. The cover is so beautiful that I will give it a post all of its own, so as not to overshadow the loveliness of these pages and pages of late Edwardian fashions. As one of the fashion articles in this [...]
