Posts Tagged: vintage housewives
Soup Can Cover Up
Don’t be fooled! Under the disguise of white suburban housewives, millions of evil anarchists are stocking their pantries in ready for violent protests! Under the homey pretense of preparing Campbell soup casserole for their families, the canned soups are flying
Soup Can Cover Up
Don’t be fooled! Under the disguise of white suburban housewives, millions of evil anarchists are stocking their pantries in ready for violent protests! Under the homey pretense of preparing Campbell soup casserole for their families, the canned soups are flying
Kellyanne Conway’s Cold War Collection of Kitchen Spyware
From the Kellyanne Conway Cold War Kitchen Collection of spyware just right for around the house and around the clock surveillance. Perfect for that mid-century miss intent on keeping her eyes peeled for a Ruskie spy posing as the milkman.
Kellyanne Conway’s Cold War Collection of Kitchen Spyware
From the Kellyanne Conway Cold War Kitchen Collection of spyware just right for around the house and around the clock surveillance. Perfect for that mid-century miss intent on keeping her eyes peeled for a Ruskie spy posing as the milkman.
Marriage and Career- You Can Have It All
Contrary to yesterday’s post with its kooky quiz asking girls to choose “What Are You Best Fitted For Love or a Career?” one mid-century miss proved the test wrong. Yes indeedy, you could have both. “Why not,” she asked, “have
Marriage and Career- You Can Have It All
Contrary to yesterday’s post with its kooky quiz asking girls to choose “What Are You Best Fitted For Love or a Career?” one mid-century miss proved the test wrong. Yes indeedy, you could have both. “Why not,” she asked, “have
Occupation: 1960 Housewife
The mid-century American Housewife was the most envied woman in the world…smart…yet easy-going with never-you-mind freedom; that was the new Mrs. America! “To be an American woman today,” Life Magazine gushed in a late 1956 special edition dedicated to the
Occupation: 1960 Housewife
The mid-century American Housewife was the most envied woman in the world…smart…yet easy-going with never-you-mind freedom; that was the new Mrs. America! “To be an American woman today,” Life Magazine gushed in a late 1956 special edition dedicated to the
Electronics- a New Science for a New World
The Consumer Electronics show is always a great glimpse into the future for tech geeks and this year’s show is no exception. But for a glimpse back into the future of the past, I turn to this WWII ad from
Electronics- a New Science for a New World
The Consumer Electronics show is always a great glimpse into the future for tech geeks and this year’s show is no exception. But for a glimpse back into the future of the past, I turn to this WWII ad from
How Hostess Cakes Helped the Housewife
(L) Vintage illustration Club Women of America 1927 by David Robinson (R) Vintage Hostess Cakes Logo 1928 The Great Sugar Rush Americans with a sweet tooth are rushing to stock up on Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Twinkies and all sorts
How Hostess Cakes Helped the Housewife
(L) Vintage illustration Club Women of America 1927 by David Robinson (R) Vintage Hostess Cakes Logo 1928 The Great Sugar Rush Americans with a sweet tooth are rushing to stock up on Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Twinkies and all sorts
Media Made Women- Housewives
Happy Homemakers During the Cold war, the Culture of Containment was not just a foreign policy but applied to women and their identities as much as it did to the Soviets. Women were to contain their aspirations, their appetites and
Media Made Women- Housewives
Happy Homemakers During the Cold war, the Culture of Containment was not just a foreign policy but applied to women and their identities as much as it did to the Soviets. Women were to contain their aspirations, their appetites and
Envisioning The American Dream 