![LAUNDRY] 23 Ways of Washing; Easier...Better and in one-half the time](/pictures/thumb/678.jpg?v=1550349221)
Los Angeles, CA: White King Soap Co., 1931. Staplebound wraps. 10 pages. 20 X 10.5 cm. Illustrated pamphlet featuring a smiling Shirley Temple look-alike child, promoting the "sweet, clean, vegetable and nut oil based cleaner". Uses and hints for washing Silk, Linens, China & Gold-banded Glassware, Linoleum, Rugs & Carpets..... 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
New York: Electrolux Corporation, 1952. Staplebound. 48 pages. 24 x 17 cm. The graphics in this vacuum cleaner Users Manual are quintessential 1950's. The lady of the house is impeccably dressed, in heels, while dusting, vacuuming, washing floors, polishing, shampooing rugs, you name it, she is flawless. Covers lightly rubbed..... 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
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
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