As you may recall from part two, fashion sewing patterns were still rather complicated in the mid-1800s. However, some, like Ellen Louise Demorest and her husband William Jennings Demorest, began...
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While sewing itself dates back thousands of years, to the Paleolithic period, patterns for making clothing are a much more modern invention. The earliest known fashion patterns, dating to ancient...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2013/10/fashion-sewing-pattern-history-part-one/
Today’s scrapbooks are filled with photographs of family & friends, complimented by decorative papers and supplies purchased for the sole act of creating fantastic looking photo albums. But onc...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2013/03/a-vintage-mae-west-scrapbook/
In the December 1972 issue of Films in Review, in the regular Films on 8 & 16 column, Samuel A. Peeples laments what is available on film. I am struck by the current lack of public acceptance of ...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2013/02/children-animal-stars-lost-to-film-collectors/
If I weren’t reading vintage magazines, I might have continued my ignorance of the Tater-Baker. I would have seen the (probably aluminum) dome and thought it was a cake saver, missing it’s pl...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2013/01/everedy-for-vintage-kitchenalia/
Don’t you just wish you could find this old collection? I do! Via.
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At first look, this vintage fashion catalog from the 1930s is just a cool piece for ephemera and fashion collectors… But as you know, you should never judge a book by it’s cover! This is an i...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/10/fashion-crimes-a-vintage-scrapbook/
If you’re like me and enjoy collecting and have a creative streak, you’ve probably faced the issue of balancing your delight in making things with your collector’s desire to keep the integr...
When I stumbled upon Mimi and her Retro Weight Watchers Experiment, I couldn’t take my eyes away… I wanted to; but I couldn’t. *wink* You know what they say, “If you can’t beat ’em, j...
Some of the early postmarks from the feature article on the postal history and stamps of Haiti, by Clarence W. Hennan, found in The American Philatelist, Vol 66 No 8, Whole No 627, May 1953. The ...
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Life announces a contest: Guess what? We are featuring another installment of FotoHunt this Thursday at 3 p.m. EST Not familiar with the game? FotoHunt is a photographic scavenger hunt through ou...
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It’s funny how your perspective changes… I first wrote/posted about this November 1953 issue of Silhouette Magazine in July of 2008 — but when preparing to list it for sale on eBay, I found...
Inside the February 1961 issue of Magic Circle, a publication of Perfect Circle Corporation, a contest to win tickets to the Indy 500 and/or a 1961 Thunderbird. I’m guessing the original owner ...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/01/vintage-indianapolis-500-ephemera/
Another bit from that wartime issue of Modern Woman Magazine; this time War Production rules on clothing for children and women — including maternity fashions.
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/01/help-dating-identifying-wwii-fashions/
Magazines, like newspapers, provide context for periods of time — and that information provides great tips for collectors. In a wartime issue of Modern Woman Magazine, A Magazine Published By T...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/01/why-wwii-homefront-photos-are-so-scarce/
Below is a scan from the December 1923 issue of The Mentor; the page is an article by Vincent Starrett entitled A Doll’s House Built For The Czar Of Russia: As usual, the discovery of this arti...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/01/antique-dutch-dollhouses-fit-for-a-czar/
The Mentor magazine is an obscure vintage magazine for several reasons: The creator’s intentions, its various incarnations, and rather shoddy historical record (it is not listed in the National...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2011/01/the-mentor-magazine/
‘Tis the season for fabulous holiday meals featuring turkey, and this antique illustration shows the longevity of breaking the wishbone. This illustration, captioned “If Their Wishes Came Tru...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2010/12/celebrating-the-wishbone-in-old-illustration/
For you watch collectors out there, another scan from that 1954 issue of People Today: What Time Is It? Revolutionary Watches of the Future Indicate It’s Later Than You Think Watch at left show...
http://www.inherited-values.com/2010/12/vintage-watches-of-the-future/