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A Handsome Bag for Many Uses, 1915

20-Oct-09

An exceptionally pretty gift is a bag (Fig. 1), which may be used to carry handkerchiefs, and the change purse, or may be used as an opera-bag, or as an embroidery-bag… An especially handsome bag can be made by combining two shades of the same color, as for instance, using old gold for the heavy [...]

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BY REQUEST - Summer Watch Cases, now with Instructions!

04-Aug-09

One of Vintage123’s readers, Jan, posted a comment on this entry from the archives asking if there was any way I could post the patterns for these watch cases from 1915. I managed to retrieve the instructions for the watch fob with pin, and the wrist case for medium-faced watch. Unfortunately, I don’t see the [...]

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Summer Watch-Cases, 1915

05-Mar-09

“The problem of how to wear a watch during the summer months, so that it will not soil a dainty white frock, has always been a difficult one to solve.”
So says the August 1915 issue of McCall’s magazine, in an article entitled Summer Watch-Cases. This article tells how to crochet a case that not only [...]

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Blue Monday

30-Dec-08

Over and over again in magazines from the early part of the century, we are reminded that Monday is laundry day. In a 1917 ad for a new electric washer, the slogan even reads “Change ‘Blue Monday’ to ‘Cool Monday’.” And housewives and maids all across the country knew exactly why Monday was so blue [...]

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Corn Puffs and Groceries, 1910-1915

01-Dec-08

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 [...]

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