tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post7400249593751644552..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 3 January 1933 “ More on the Kitchen and Reader Comments”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-43617218299450535372012-10-02T14:55:22.307-07:002012-10-02T14:55:22.307-07:00I make my own laundry soap using Fels Naptha, wash...I make my own laundry soap using Fels Naptha, washing soda (NOT baking soda) and Borax. It costs pennies a load and works a treat. There are "recipes" for it all over the internet. I followed this one: http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap.htmegartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508809034240242239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11096615213734465482012-01-10T10:46:26.867-08:002012-01-10T10:46:26.867-08:00I definitely like the colors of the '30s bette...I definitely like the colors of the '30s better than the '50s. The wallpaper is pretty too!Christie Scibiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490851185595070171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-72081334235449603922012-01-08T13:34:59.395-08:002012-01-08T13:34:59.395-08:00I am so glad Fels Naptha and Kirks Castile Soap is...I am so glad Fels Naptha and Kirks Castile Soap is still available at the grocers. Give me the basic good stuff any time. I am always worried that next time I go it will not be there!! SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-5405840878895067482012-01-04T20:30:57.611-08:002012-01-04T20:30:57.611-08:00I am 40 and I remember my mom bathing my sister an...I am 40 and I remember my mom bathing my sister and I in Dreft soap when we were little. The scent of Dreft still makes me happy. I also remember my grandmother handing us a can of gasoline to wash the paint out of our chore clothes-it worked! I still keep a bar of Fels Naptha soap handy to spot treat soiled items and it works surprisingly well. I guess some ideas are meant to last (but I won't be cleaning with gasoline . . .)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-3703043522134210282012-01-04T16:44:18.048-08:002012-01-04T16:44:18.048-08:00Love the photos! It too makes me want to go in the...Love the photos! It too makes me want to go in the kitchen and start cooking/baking. People have so much "stuff" (blender/hand mixer/chopper/juicer etc.), but don't really need it. My husband grew up living the village/farm life & although I'm going to visit soon, your blog reminds me that yes, it is possible to incorporate some of the simpler things in every day life...now.<br />Happy venturing into the 30's. As always, look forward to your posts.Rosananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-45845988227674357312012-01-04T12:47:17.241-08:002012-01-04T12:47:17.241-08:00I was just pondering today on your theme of 1930&#...I was just pondering today on your theme of 1930's kitchens. I was thinking about Shirley Temple movies. Some of my favorite scenes in her movies are in the kitchen. It is such a fun glimpse into the past. <br /><br />I also had a question. You mentioned that you had purchased some shoes for your 1930s year. Were these new or vintage? If new where did you find them.<br /><br />I am enjoying your new theme of 1930s. Thank you!<br />AmyF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-54436814358605662382012-01-04T07:09:28.001-08:002012-01-04T07:09:28.001-08:00I love the last photo,I wish I could do my kitchen...I love the last photo,I wish I could do my kitchen like that.art deco damehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918869259278566485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-52566727142058779992012-01-03T18:25:00.736-08:002012-01-03T18:25:00.736-08:00anon-Oh, no believe you me I am going to be coveri...anon-Oh, no believe you me I am going to be covering all the aspects of the Depression and as I said here, if you watch the Cartoon you can see a more realistic kitchen for many Americans, Old wood stove, very little and pumping water. Just as I never thought, in 1955, that the kitchens of all homes looked like the magazines of the day. But, I think its important to show what even poorer families may have been viewing in magazines or peering in shop windows of the day.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-55324439487670512052012-01-03T16:34:33.117-08:002012-01-03T16:34:33.117-08:00Where our family lived, in Boston during the 1930,...Where our family lived, in Boston during the 1930, the flats had only cold water . Most of our neighbors could not afford ice so there were no ice boxes, and since gas was so dear, most paid at the bakery to bake their bread there rather than at home. It is nice to look at your magazine shots of fancy kitchens from the 1930s, but do not be fooled into thinking that those were the norm, it would be like looking at an Arch. Digest today and thinking that is typical of the 2012 home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-8845627940881086672012-01-03T15:04:09.468-08:002012-01-03T15:04:09.468-08:00Thanks again for the fascinating posts. My grandm...Thanks again for the fascinating posts. My grandmother, born in 1908 and married in the mid thirties was middle class (married to a pharmacist). She told me that Pa insisted that she have a woman in to do the weekly wash, but I don't think she had any other home help at that time. I'm pretty sure washing machines weren't available in Australia in the 30s, and, as I'm sure you know, we Aussies always hang our washing out to dry, even today.<br /><br />Gran and Pa lived in the tiny flat at the back of the pharmacy with their children and Gran's mother until the end of the war - they had bought a block of land before the war but the rationing of building materials meant that they couldn't build. The house they eventually built was a small three bedroom home by today's standards but seemed huge and very modern to them - although one of the three kids had to share with grandma.<br /><br />KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-69696955692233916932012-01-03T12:58:16.707-08:002012-01-03T12:58:16.707-08:00Your blog answered a question, specifically about ...Your blog answered a question, specifically about Gasoline being used for cleaning! OK - so yesterday I was nosing around You Tube to see if there were any videos relating to 1930's kitchens. One was a short 1930's dramatic silent movie [ruined, for reasons unexplained, by the addition of techno music- so I hit the "mute"] titled "1930's Kitchen Fire Accident - Kids Save The Day". I absolutely could NOT understand why the homemaker had a container of Gasoline on her kitchen counter, next to a wash tub. <br /><br />Now I know! Thanks!<br /><br />Your research, information, and attached photos are videos are great - already so interested in all things 1930's that you're posting!!fullhousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-76814340441009008162012-01-03T12:47:15.893-08:002012-01-03T12:47:15.893-08:00Every couple of weeks or so I check in here and ge...Every couple of weeks or so I check in here and get caught up on your blog. I am very excited about your new venture. I was worried that your 50's life would start to seem so every-day to you that you would stop posting the simple things, like what you pack for your husband's lunch :) , so I am glad that you will have new resources for cooking, housekeeping, entertaining, fashion, and everyday life to share!<br /><br />I am especially interested in the Depression era, as my grandmother has many stories to share about growing up and starting married life on a farm. The hard times lasted into the '40's in the Upper Ohio River valley.<br /><br />I also took a history course in college on the time between the wars, and it was one of the most memorable and fascinating parts of my college career.<br /><br />Robyn V (I've posted before, but probably using another name - Daisy Paradise? I've given up on the internet handles now that I'm old.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-57279433228054491342012-01-03T11:26:55.390-08:002012-01-03T11:26:55.390-08:00My grandmother had a 1930's kitchen and of cou...My grandmother had a 1930's kitchen and of course a summer kitchen through a breezeway so she would not heat up the house. I had forgotten how open and wonderful it felt until I looked at your post. I love the no cabinets to the floors as it would be so much easier to keep all clean. <br /><br />I am excited to learn with you and need to mention that all the way until 1986 we used the 2 hole out house at my grandmothers as she saved the bathroom from adults-in central Ohio!Humble wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823200562312609670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-63077274944284970362012-01-03T11:21:14.841-08:002012-01-03T11:21:14.841-08:00Dear 30s Gal,
I have loved reading every single ne...Dear 30s Gal,<br />I have loved reading every single new post that you have posted and totally love when you include photos and vidoes off of Youtube. The new photos you posted today are fantastic. I love the black and white photo of the kitchen and would trade my 2008 style kitchen in for it without even blinking an eye. I saw that one of your posters had made a comment about *Cooking with Clara, Depression era cooking*. I LOVED IT and I am so glad that everyone is sharing these kinds of *finds*. What a wonderful lady, and she is sooo full of spunk! Loved when she was being interviewed and she said *And as far as working out goes, FORGET all that jogging and sweating! You want a work out?? GO SCRUB YOUR FLOORS BY HAND!* I surprised my husband last night when I told him I wanted a clothes line. I live in the south so its very humid but I am thinking I can still make it work. I have only hung out laundry one time (15 years ago) and I hate to say it, but I had no clue how to properly *hang it* maybe with the recent talk of laundry soaps ect. you might do a laundry post on how to properly put it on the line! My stuff was stiff as a board and indent marks from the pegs LOL I want to get a vintage laundry bag ect for my pins. I think I have hubs talked back into us doing chickens again. We had them at our old home but bought this one brand new and had to leave the chicken coop behind. We had our chickens since babies and I miss fresh eggs. Thanks again for your so very awesome blog!! I look forward to it everyday!!Darcienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-9410875118577248882012-01-03T11:05:18.747-08:002012-01-03T11:05:18.747-08:00Your post is a trip down memory lane for me. I gre...Your post is a trip down memory lane for me. I grew up in a 2 family house and my grandma lived upstairs and my dad, mom and us kids lived downstairs. Grandma was born in 1885 so she was a middle-aged homemaker in the 30s. She had a black kerosene range that also heated the room. Across from it was a Hoosier cabinet in medium oak and on the table was a toaster with the drop down sides. And she always used the old drip coffeemaker as in the coffee ad. She used all of these things til 1970. Wish the appliances today would last as long, don't you?Sheila in Floridanoreply@blogger.com