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From the HomeMaker's Encyclopedia -- 1954

April 26, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (22)

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From The Homemaker's Encyclopedia: Personal Beauty and Charm -- 1954

March 21, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (11)

Accidents

From the HomeMaker's Encyclopedia 1954 -- How to Care for Children

March 14, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (10)

Dad

From the Homemaker's Encyclopedia "How To Care For Children" --1954

"Of course this is how you dress, Junior! It's just how your old man did it back in his Phi Delta Kappa days!"

March 07, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (9)

Your child wants...

From the Homemaker's Encyclopedia "How To Care For Children" --1954

Now, I'm all for children serving me tea when I wear my furs, but I don't think I'd trust anything that kid told me to do. "Community Affairs?" Whatever that means, I'm sure it's shady. I've seen that look before, and it was from a guy who drank a bottle of codeine a day.

February 28, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (8)

Magic?!

From the Homemaker's Encyclopedia "Personal Charm and Beauty" 1954:

So here's this photo and it's baffling caption, and, I assure you, there was nothing in the accompanying text further mentioning the occult arts as a skin care regiment. Is American Women's use of witchcraft and wizardry to have porcelain complexions the history that THEY don't want us to know?

February 21, 2007 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (7)

...because there was actually a time with NO VOICE MAIL!

From The Homemaker's Encyclopedia -- 1954

September 13, 2006 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (9)

Most Husbands Help with Dishes

From the homemaker's encyclopedia 1954

There are so many great things about this picture: The wife's "well now..." one-finger-on-the- cheek expression is one-upped by the husband smoking a pipe while washing dishes. One nice thing is that this gives pictorial evidence that, contrary to not-very-credible memes, the role of a housewife in the 50's was not necessarily expected to be one of a lobotomized worker-droid.

June 08, 2006 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (5)

Molasses adds Iron

From the HomeMaker's Encyclopedia -- 1954

Captions anyone?

May 09, 2006 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (3)

"Please," "Thank you," and "I'm sorry"

From the Homemaker's Encyclopedia -- 1952

May 02, 2006 in Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker's Encyclopedia | Permalink | Comments (0)

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