On this, the last day of my Thanksgiving holiday entries, I decided to finish with a subject that even today would scare me if I actually had to bake the turkey myself. I am referring to the way to carve a turkey. The November 1907 issue of Delineator magazine had pages full of Thanksgiving articles, [...]
I came across this story in the August 1906 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, and was very surprised at what I was reading. This is a story written from the point of view of the husband of a woman who has decided to get in shape, to “look like Edna May,” who was a famous [...]
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 [...]
Most of us are probably well aware of the catastrophic earthquake that struck in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. and the fire that followed. I have always been particularly fascinated with it, and have countless books and dvd’s about the incident. So I was especially excited when I opened an issue of the Burr [...]
Just as the economy today is teaching many of us to turn to less expensive ingredients and to do away with things that aren’t necessities, in 1974 the United States was in the midst of a recession and changes were being made. This little recipe booklet is one example of that. However, it comes from [...]
“Close adjustment about the hips and a wide flare around the bottom remain the distinguishing characteristics of the most approved skirts.”
This news about the latest fashions trends of 1901 comes from that November’s issue of the Delineator magazine. I love the Delineator because each issue is full of colorful fashion plates, fashion news, and loads [...]
It is time once again for a reoccurring feature on this website, where we explore an issue of a vintage magazine in a bit more depth. This time, it is the April 1929 issue of Screenland magazine. This magazine was all about the movies - reviews, movie stars, gossip pages - and at this time, [...]
Once again it is time to highlight a complete issue of one particular magazine. As I did in this entry a few months ago, I am going to flip through the pages of one of my vintage magazines to present an overview of it. This time I’ve chosen the October 1940 issue of Woman’s Day [...]
Here is the front cover of the magazine. The pages are very large, about 11×16″; and as you can see if you look at the larger view, there is a little gold sticker on the bottom right corner of the cover. This is actually a sticker with the subscribers name on it (Mary V Severs [...]
