Blast from the Past

This book is a look at what some of the crafts a good wife in the late 1880s was expected to know. Notice the lack of illustrations.Today (2016), most of these things are leisure time activities of women and some men too. My paternal grandfather was born in 1888, a year after this book was copyrighted so perhaps my great grandmother had one of these.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I'm not a regular poster here but I hope that the things I've posted have a high interest level for you. I am "re-doing" my links for this blog and they will have their own page with a button to access them under the blog's header. There have been a few new links added that were helpful to me as I was working on my genealogy.

Have a happy 4th of July everyone!

Sharon

Books available for Revolutionary War reading.

Killer Beauty Aid from the Past

In the past, killer substances were used to improve one's appearance. This ad shows that cocaine was peddled to aid in improving one's hair growth and appearance. Notice the archaic spelling of cocaine as cocoaine. I must come out and tell you that I am NOT advising you to try this. If you have problems with your hair I would advise a good conditioner, Rogaine, or a consult with your stylist.

Found on Newspapers.com
I haven't been posting here very much and I'm sorry. I somethings think that I should shut down this blog but then I will find something of interest that I feel compelled to share with you. This is all for today.
Later,
Sharon

Modern Day Hair Growth Treatments

WWII POW Survivor of Camp in Burma

In 1937, Advertising Meets Up with Cinderella

It's almost midnight and Cinderella needs to make her escape to home. What should she do? She needs to get in her car because Chevrolet will save the day! Here for your enjoyment is a 1937 advertising cartoon. Enjoy!

Car Prices Have Really Gone Up

Cars are expensive today. Look at how much a new Studebaker Champion cost in 1940.

From The Decatur Herald, (Decatur, IL), 15Oct1940, p 11.

Assorted books about Studebaker cars 

Looking at the American Revolution

The other day, I was surfing around some geneology sites and I saw where someone had noted that my 4x great grandfather was a loyalist during the American Revolution. A source for this information was not noted so I'm on a mission to locate documentation for this. So, I thought that I would check out some videos on this war and I think you will enjoy this one for its educational content.

Why John Wayne Loved America