tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post3303342608868782710..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 10 February 1957 “Cleaning 1907, The Divided Skirt, and More Weed Recipes”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-66303148092403469522011-02-11T19:22:15.715-08:002011-02-11T19:22:15.715-08:00It is very flavorful, but tough, so it is mainly u...It is very flavorful, but tough, so it is mainly used for pot roasts.House Cleaning Orange Countyhttp://www.europrocleaningservice.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-50724950308910761782011-02-11T12:38:54.871-08:002011-02-11T12:38:54.871-08:00I've added it, Donna!I've added it, Donna!Rachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-20811938292512934162011-02-11T12:10:33.603-08:002011-02-11T12:10:33.603-08:00LOVE the 'lessons' from the past. They mig...LOVE the 'lessons' from the past. They might not have had a lot of fancy technology but they really were pretty clever. This reminds me of one of my mom's favorite books called Only 50 Years Ago, a personal account written in the 1950s about, of course, the 1900s. I loved it as a child, saved it when she passed - think I'll go page through it again, Thanks.DearHelenHartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191525904664350294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-26660851203810662452011-02-11T04:37:52.982-08:002011-02-11T04:37:52.982-08:00I am very interested in the Edwardian era, my par...I am very interested in the Edwardian era, my parents have antiques in their recreation room, so I grew up playing with the old wood burning stove, pretending to use the butter churn that still smelt of butter, as well as the old spinning wheel, on their wall is an old wood phone whose bell still works, my bro and I would pretend to phone on that as well.<br /><br />Being surrounded by the antiques growing up helped to fuel this passion for the past and it was a great playground for children. My parents had also an electric fireplace that we would try to increase with the blower fan (pumped like an organ).......<br /><br />Alot are family heirlooms that will be passed on.<br /><br />On the wall over their couch is a treasury trove of turn of the century photos, in those days the photos had dignity, here we are, this is what we are, unlike nowadays where casual is the name of the day.<br /><br />Sorry to be longwinded, my impression of my great grandmothers life (both maternal and paternal) were one of many years of childbirth coupled with drudgery of housework. My one great grandma (french) had 13 children over a 25 year span, she married at 15, 9 of those children survived, one was 6 and died on his birthday.<br /><br />The reality is that living in the 50`s would be like a dream world to the women in the early 1900`s I believe many would have embraced the conveniences just to make their survival a little bit easier.<br /><br />It`s too bad history rarely talks of these pioneer women who were truly the backbone of society, his story tends to be far too prevalent in the books.<br /><br />Mom in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-7831833811718059472011-02-10T20:54:39.813-08:002011-02-10T20:54:39.813-08:00I love that pattern and the style of that era! Wis...I love that pattern and the style of that era! Wish I could sew.Zootsuitmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318916185610384228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-51052696622967450772011-02-10T16:27:25.227-08:002011-02-10T16:27:25.227-08:00Rachel-That is great! Though the one you listed is...Rachel-That is great! Though the one you listed is from 1874, which for me is great, as I already have the 1908 version. <br />We will have to remember to put this link on the ebook section of the Forum.<br />Mary-isn't it though?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-78046072443778243952011-02-10T15:36:56.859-08:002011-02-10T15:36:56.859-08:00Since your Household Discoveries book is from 1908...Since your Household Discoveries book is from 1908, I looked it up on the Internet Archive. Lo and behold I found it! For free. Download as a full-color PDF that's a scan of the actual book, or download it for your e-reader.<br /><br />http://www.archive.org/details/newhouseholddisc00morsRachel Leigh Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004728242824462126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-43064593797360174002011-02-10T15:29:01.184-08:002011-02-10T15:29:01.184-08:00Wow, that is interesting about the divided skirts ...Wow, that is interesting about the divided skirts for cleaning.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816096081381689162noreply@blogger.com