![FRENCH] [MARRIAGE] 18th century French marriage certificate](/pictures/thumb/1747.jpg?v=1550186635)
1776. Loose_leaf. 10 pages. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Watermarked laid paper, with seal 'Cen D'Orleans" stamped on two pages. Contract details agreement between Joseph Denir and Marieanne Grosboir on the 6th of February, 1776. This contract was approved by the royal notary, with a seal bearing the name 'd'Orleans', a.... More about FRENCH] [MARRIAGE] 18th century French marriage certificate
![HANDMADE] [MANUSCRIPT] [COOKING] Recipe Binder; with personal ephemera](/pictures/thumb/1931.jpg?v=1561587229)
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
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1910. 92 pages. 16.5 x 24.5 cm. Highly stylized Guest Book and journal, for use in recording guests, holidays, etc. organized by month. Unused, clean crisp copy. More about House-Book to the Hostess; Being a Journal of fêtes & occasions: Groups for a day or an hour
![KKK] [WOMEN] [PENNSYLVANIA] PHOTO of Auxiliary WKKK](/pictures/thumb/1614.jpg?v=1551388084)
Scranton, PA: Hornbaker Photography, c. 1924-26. Cards. 113 x 11 inch frame (approx. 10 x 8 inch photo). Sepia photo - WKKK group photo. Seemingly mostly women (hard to tell with the cloaks, but shoes give it away), taken in what seems to be either a school room or municipal... More about KKK] [WOMEN] [PENNSYLVANIA] PHOTO of Auxiliary WKKK
![MANUSCRIPT] [COOKERY]; "From Home"](/images/noimage.png)
1861. Wraps. 28 pages. 5 pages pinned in. Handwritten recipe book, mainly baked goods. Most likely from the New York area as one pinned in recipe is written on a printed page from the Home Insurance Co. New York. One of the recipes is for Harrison Cake, a spice cake... More about MANUSCRIPT] [COOKERY]; "From Home"
![Temperance] The Ladies' Delight Cook Book; Number One](/pictures/thumb/1527.jpg?v=1561401776)
Boston: A. P. Ordway & Co., 1886. First Edition. Wraps. 32 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Endorsed by Mrs. S. Louis Barton - Missionary Morgan Chapel, Shawmut Avenue, Boston - "friends of temperance". Recipes and testimonials for Doctor Kaufmann's Sulpher Bitters, Parker House Rolls and miraculous cures - "Dear Sirs... More about Temperance] The Ladies' Delight Cook Book; Number One
![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 about IRONING] Simplex - The Recognized Leader; The Most Complete Line of Ironers in America
Newton, MA: Shepard Worsted Mills, 1917. Wraps. 36 pages. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Illustrated with color folding frontispiece and twenty-five black and white plates. More about Good Shepherd Fingering Yarns and Their Use Being a Modern Treatise on the Art of Hand Knitting...
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
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 about Pantomimes; Presented By The Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club
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 about Sex And The Office (Article); PLAYBOY, Entertainment For Men - Summer Fun Issue
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 book clean. More about The Boudoir Companion; Frivolous, sometimes venomous thoughts on men, morals and other women
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 about Safe Washing; The New American Beauty Porcelain Washer
![HOME ECONOMICS] [SEWING] Sewing Sample Book. Annie Humphreys](/pictures/thumb/1815.jpg?v=1553268454)
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
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 about Beautiful Floors this new, easy Electric way
Pittsfield, MA: Eaton Paper Corporation, 1962. Second Edition. Staplebound. 33 pages. 20 x 13 cm. "Are you the girl with 'career sparkle' in your eye? Is becoming-or remaining-a perfect secretary your objective? Or, like many young women today, are you proving that 'two can live as cheaply as one' -... More about The Perfect Secretary; A handbook of office manners with tricks of the trade
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 about Wash at 9 - Iron at 10; A Remarkable Labor Saving Device for Apartments, Homes, Institutions
New York: Con Edison. Pamphlet. 27.5 x 29.5 cm. Mid 1950's. With the suburbs of New York expanding, Con Ed welcomed the new homemaker and her family to update their kitchens with the help of this planning kit. Includes 44 plastic forms - cabinets, stoves, refrigerators, sinks, washing machines, etc.... More about Con Edison's PLAN YOUR KITCHEN; How To Get The New Kitchen You Want
Cincinnati: The Procter & Gamble Co., 1918. Wraps. 68 pages. 18 x 13 cm. In case anyone has forgotten the drudgery of housework and especially laundry, this booklet will certainly be a reminder. Filled with scientific and practical laundry solutions. One chapter - Practical Laundry Work, conjures up the back... More about Approved Methods for Home Laundering