South Bend, Indiana: Smythe, Edna L. (Miss), c. 1890. Loose_leaf. Double-sided pink paper. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Author/producer asserts the product is the wonder of the ages for imparting "Brilliant Transparency to the skin." Verso filled with testimonials from Kentucky, Ohio, New York, and Indiana (1890). Pink paper, fold marks. More about HEALTH] [BEAUTY] GLORIA WATER; The Wonder of the age for imparting Brilliant Transparency to the...

Connecticut/California: 1940's-1960's. Cards. 21 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Handcrafted recipes book made up of decorated envelopes. Each envelope is decorated with pasted-on photos of food items which are labeled, and filled with recipes. Both handwritten recipes and recipes cut from magazine, periodicals, and food packaging. Some envelopes empty. Front... More about HANDMADE] [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Recipe Binder; with personal ephemera

Cardboard covers. 20.5 x 18 cm. Circa 1920's. Booklet from a Home Economics class, featuring 22 samples, tipped in, of various colors and patterns. Miss Humphreys seems to have been given the number "29" in her class, as all her samples are marked in pencil. More about HOME ECONOMICS] [SEWING] Sewing Sample Book

Boston: 1931. Staplebound. 35 pages. Boston YWCA was the first in the nation, incorporated in 1867. What began as a boarding house for working women, grew into an employment service and eventually expanded into educational and domestic training. Halftone photos of library, reception room, kitchen, and class in gowns. Includes... More about The School of Domestic Science