![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: 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
![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
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] [WOMEN] Women! Save Your Hands. The Stovene Manufacturing Company](/pictures/thumb/917.jpg?v=1550879119)
Portsmouth, N.H. The Stovene Manufacturing Company, c. 1895. Loose_leaf. 21 x 10.5 cm. Buy a mitten for 15 cents and get a ten-cent box of Stovene [stove polish] free! The shine on your stove lasts twice as long when polished with Stovene as when blackened with other stove polishes. Stovene..... 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