This is a wonderful old menu from the November 1920 issue of McCall’s magazine. There are some charming illustrations here, like the table setting in the middle of the page, with the caption reading “Dewy purple grapes, golden-brown corn, ruddy apples, vine leaves - a charming harvest table.”
On the bottom are pictures of “a tomato [...]
The 1950’s were a time when family and marriage were prevalent themes in society. Magazines from that decade are filled with babies, puppies, neatly-dressed housewives, men coming home from work in suits. Of course real life is never quite as it is portrayed in the media, and of course the 1950’s were no exception. However, [...]
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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I fell in love with the style of these rooms as soon as I saw them! They were featured in the September 1971 issue of McCall’s magazine, and all were designed by David Hicks. I had never heard of this designer, but a quick internet search was all it took for me to learn that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The January 1942 issue of McCall’s magazine offers some recipes to make that taste good while using inexpensive types of meat. They are all supposed to appeal to everyone in the family, and you could choose from the recipes depending on what types of meat your family liked best.
“Is the family steak-hungry?” Then you should [...]
These gorgeous fashions are straight out of the January 1942 issue of McCall’s magazine. The colors are vibrant, the dresses shapely and mature. There are a lot of narrow little belts here, too, and lots of matching hats. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I really like the look of the black dress [...]
As this interesting article in the January 1911 issue of McCall’s explains, the only way to get a truly clean home was by using a rather new invention, the vacuum cleaner! Big, clunky vacuum cleaners had been around since the mid 1800’s, but it seems that “the first, commercial, bag-on-a-stick upright vacuum cleaner” was invented [...]
