![HANDMADE] [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Recipe Binder; with personal ephemera](/pictures/thumb/1931.jpg?v=1576791026)
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
![JELLO] [HEALTH] Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit Not Fat" Recipes](/pictures/thumb/578.jpg?v=1612547559)
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc., 1939. Wraps. 6 x 4 in. 22 pages. Advertisement for Knox Sparkling Gelatine. Entertaining look at dieting in the 1930's. Includes recipes such as; Hawaiian Delight, Creamy Lemon Sherbet, Jellied Custard, Cranberry Temptation, and Golden Easter Pudding. Black and white illustrations throuhgout..... More
![ROLLER DERBY] Portland Oregon Women's Roller Derby Programs & Ephemera; The Rose City Rollers - a...](/pictures/thumb/2507.jpg?v=1618328583)
Portland, Oregon: 2007-2010. "The Rose City Rollers are women of attitude, passion and athleticism playing a hard-hitting sport of speed and skill. They were pioneers in the rebirth of roller derby and continue to foster its growth. Their goals are to serve their community by empowering women, providing entertainment for..... More
![TEXTILES] The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide To The Work-Table; Containing Instructions in...](/pictures/thumb/2329.jpg?v=1604084298)
London: E. Harrison, 1886. Third Edition. Hardcover. 136 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Overflowing with instructions along with illustrations. Four color supplements tipped in. Eight pages of period advertising. Spine cracked but holding. Light spotting internally, but clean. Boards rubbed and stained. More
![ADVERTISING] HINDS' Honey and Almond Cream; For the Face, Hands, Skin and Complexion. A. S. Hinds](/pictures/thumb/2442.jpg?v=1613594772)
Portland, ME: A. S. Hinds, 1907. Staplebound. Unpaginated. [16 pp.] 15 x 8.5 cm. Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream was formulated in the late 1870's by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine while working in a drugstore - it was a huge success and was bought out in 1907 by..... More
Ottumwa, Iowa: John Morrell & Co., 1928. Staplebound wraps. 8 x 5 in. 36 pages. Ida Bailey Allen, popularly known as The Nation's Homemaker dishes out advise on hosting Teas, Bridge Parties, Receptions, Midnight Suppers, Summer Sports Events, with advertisement for Morrell's food products. Some recipes include; Liver Cheese with..... More
![IRONING] Simplex - The Recognized Leader; The Most Complete Line of Ironers in America. American...](/pictures/thumb/1734.jpg?v=1551365237)
Oshkosh, Wis. Castle-Pierce Press, c. 1930's. Staplebound. 24 pages. 28 x 24 cm. Illustrated sales catalog featuring detailed descriptions of the ironing machines offered by the American Ironing Machine Co., Algonquin, Illinois. A distinctive feature of this catalog is the visual portrayal of women operating the machines throughout the history..... More
![WOMEN] Women's Strike Demonstration August 26. August 26 Strike Committee](/pictures/thumb/2178.jpg?v=1591299360)
New York: August 26 Strike Committee, 1970. Loose_leaf. 27.5 x 21 cm. Leaflet printed for the New York demonstration marking the 50th anniversary of the passage of woman suffrage - the Women's Strike for Equality March, led by the National Organization for Women (NOW), calling for new rights: free childcare..... More
![BROOKLYN] [THEATER] Pantomimes; Presented By The Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club. Brooklyn Heights...](/pictures/thumb/1598.jpg?v=1579559056)
Brooklyn: 1911. Sewn binding. Unpaginated (8 pages). Program for the Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club performed at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 28, 1911. Featured in the program are the daughters of the social elite including: Eunice Beecher (granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher), and members of the Van Brunt, Cropsey..... More
Chicago: HMH Publishing Co. Inc., July 1964. Staplebound. The hows, whys and with whoms of the business world's seduction rites. A particularly interesting 5 page article written by the author of Sex and the Single Girl (1962). Brown's observations seem dated in one sense, but clever in another, especially considering..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 223 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Satirical observations on men (and women), by an assortment of female authors. A counterpart to The Bedroom Companion; "a joyous symposium of thoughts about women (by men). Illustrated. Dust wrapper heavily chipped. Board and..... More
![SCRAPBOOK] Young Woman's Photo & Scrapbook - Sterling College; Future Professor. Winifred Eastwood](/pictures/thumb/2387.jpg?v=1611363988)
Sterling, Kansas: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1928. Hardcover. 60 pages. 20.5 x 15 cm. 1920's - 1930's. Well organized, early twentieth-century young woman's scrapbook revealing a spirited social life overflowing with handmade cards/invitations, letters, ribbons, menus, and over 150 neatly labeled photos. The scrapbook, entitled, It's All Over Now!..... More
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 25 illustrations, including frontispiece. "A summary of her musical compositions, in the different countries of the civilized world; and an estimate of their rank in comparison with those of men." Chapters include: Ancient and Mythical, Medieval, Wives of The Composers, Clara..... More
![HOME ECONOMICS] Safe Washing; The New American Beauty Porcelain Washer. Getz Power Washer Co](/pictures/thumb/1595.jpg?v=1579552712)
Morton, Illinois: Getz Power Washer Co., c.1920. Paper. Color illustrated advertisement for washer/ringer. Before the enclosed electric washing machines, homemakers battled the dangerous washing tub/wringer device. This particular porcelain model claims to be "Silent as a kitten's purr" with "quick action...churning up millions of soap bubbles that are forced through..... More
![PROGRAM] [MENU] Program of the Seventy-Three Club Banquet; In Honor of Mrs. Franklin Delano...](/pictures/thumb/2198.jpg?v=1595962142)
Washington DC: 1936. Staplebound. Unpaginated (8 pages). 23 x 16 cm. A charming Program celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt by the Seventy Three Club on March 25, 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel; the wives of the members of the Seventy-third Congress. The 73rd Congress (1933-1935) passed an extraordinary burst of legislation to..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1931. Taylor, Alfred E. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 159 pages. 19.5 x 12. 5 cm. Brimming with practical advice and some obsolete, but thought provoking, guidance. Frank Crowninshield, known for shaping Vanity Fair into a magazine about and for the talented, brilliant..... More
![AVIATION] [WOMEN] [AUTOGRAPH] Autograph Card of Pilot Laura Ingalls Affixed to Envelope; with...](/pictures/thumb/2280.jpg?v=1599835626)
Chicago: 1930. Loose_leaf. Envelope - 9.5 x 16.5 cm. Autograph card, affixed onto airmail envelope dated May 13th, 1930, dated shortly after Laura Ingalls broke an aviation record - addressed, in print, to Mr. York Briddell of St. Petersburg, Florida - Director of the American Air Mail Society. Accompanied by..... More
New York: Moore and Payne, 1833. Chazal, Antoine. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 186 pages. 26 x 17 cm. Illustrated with 82 plates [COMPLETE]. Previous owner's inscription, John Birchard Rice (1832-1893), Representative from Ohio, graduate from the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857..... More
c. 1920. Cards. Color illustrated advertisement for Johnson's Wax Electric floor Polisher. Targeted to "Discriminating people", and reminding the homemaker - "Keeping your floors in perfect condition will become a pleasure." Pristine. More
![ORIGINAL ARTWORK] The Coming Man; A Tragedy. N B](/pictures/thumb/2151.jpg?v=1601481460)
1859. Sewn binding. Unpaginated, [8]. This extraordinary love missive, artfully illustrated, given to John Lemson Flagg on his 24th birthday - one year before his marriage to Ellen H. Brown - is inscribed on the front free end paper: John L. Flagg/From N.B./11 of September 1859. The question is, who..... More
London: Dean and Son, 1854. Wraps. 72 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. An in-depth instructional guide with advice on domestic duties - morning to night, both large and small concerns, when and how these duties should be carried out as well as special occasion tasks - always keeping in mind..... More
Cincinnati: The Williamson Heater Company, 1927. Staplebound. 17 pages. 23 x 10 cm. Before the clothes dryer as we now know, there was a half step improvement for homemakers: a cabinet where one would hang clothes, after using the wringer, which basically operated like a large hair dryer. The logic..... More
![DOMESTIC SCIENCE] Household Hand Book. Lily Haxworth Wallace](/pictures/thumb/2417.jpg?v=1612293682)
Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, 1915. Staplebound wraps. 36 pages. Detailed checklist advising homemakers daily schedule (Monday through Saturday) for cleaning and housekeeping including Kitchen, Dining Room, Laundry, and hints for "Division of Labor" - otherwise known as keeping Monday free to schedule the schedule. Rear cover features advertisement for..... More
![WWI] [RED CROSS] [NURSING] 1914 - 1919 Deptford Red Cross; Cotton Commemorative Embroidered...](/pictures/thumb/2184.jpg?v=1591299426)
Deptford, England: 1920. Cloth. 810 x 895 mm. A charming, hand crafted, W.W.I. souvenir made by Kate Parry Warcup (1867-1937). With over 200 signatures honoring her fellow VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment 1909-1918) members from the South East London community of Deptford, who, we presume, either volunteered for, or were associated..... More