![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
London: S.O. Beeton, 1861. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm. "Nothing lovelier can be found In Woman, than to study household good." - Milton First edition in book form. This work originally was published in 24 monthly parts, 1859-1861. Added engraved colored title page, with the Bouverie..... 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
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