A Handkerchief with a nursery rhyme.
Found while cleaning
It looks like it was ironed at some point.
Old Hanky – or should it spell Hankie?
Tag: vintage
A Bit of a Retro Vibe
Christmas Window
Jack’s Discount Videos in Millvale PA
Throwback Thursday c.1922
Her brother Robert in cap to her right with their mother Charlotte behind him and brother John between in the back row and their father Judd to her left, just behind her and my Great Grandfather second from left
Uncle Edgar and Aunt Edna on the far right
Vintage 1985 Throwback Thursday Guest Blog
My friend Joanne writes from Florida …..
“Back in the day we went to a lot of military formal events which were always a great chance to dress up and feel elegant. I only kept a few outfits from those days, but one was a beaded chiffon two piece that I bought in 1985 and wore many times over the years. I always loved that outfit. I had an invitation to a local formal military dinner (they call it a Dining Out) — my friend was out of town so she asked if I would be her husband’s date. I remembered the outfit was in a box so I dug it out. Steamed it. Extended the elastic waistband to fit my expanded waistline. Removed the huge shoulder pads. And wore it 38 years later …..Lots of compliments and I felt pretty special in it.
Did You Ever Own a Metal Lunchbox?
They were banned in schools in the 1970s after parents complained they were used as weapons and caused serious head injuries. Their history is here from the first Hopalong Cassidy box, to the the last of Rambo Sylvester Stallone model.
I had a red Stewart plaid one in third grade that I remember, complete with a thermos. There were no ice packs included, ever.
The Antique Trader attributes the popularity of metal lunchboxes to television.
Take a tour of the museum with this YouTube video if you can’t get to Columbus Georgia.
Mr Woodall has written an encyclopedia shown below
My Mother Holding a Hat c.1926
That’s my grandfather on the left-Judd Dewitt Van Sickle. My mother Marian Van Sickle, holding a hat. She looks about 14 (born in 1912) No notes identifying the others in the photo.Durand, Illinois.
Relatives,Sometime in the 1940s
on the left is her Aunt Mina Marida Reynolds(no dates found) and
Mary Lillian Reynolds Babcock (1869-1965) is on the right so my cousins’ maternal Grandmother and Aunt Mina’s sister
(My Aunt Kathryn was married to my mother Marian’s brother John Rowley Van Sickle)
I texted my cousin Andrew to ask permission to post and he sent to me to his Uncle John B who has the original photo. Two memories cousin John has is that “Auntie lived with them and breathed her last at Christmas.” “I remember a ride from Freeport to Durand with her last surviving hen with us in the back seat.”A
nd Grandma lived “long snd lordly in North Rockford convalescent hospital for 12 years with her Bible disbound through leafing”
One Room School in Illinois
I found this photo of my father, standing outside the school where he taught? Looks like there’s a rope to pull a bell. But I don’t know
My father taught all grades in a one room schoolhouse in Illinois and this was BEFORE he went to college.
Spring 1918
From my Grandmother’s album. Durand Illinois. My mother Marian with her brothers Robert (4) and John (8). Her 6th birthday would be in the coming September.
Vintage Crazy Quilt Question in Stitches
I bought this Kentucky in the 1980’s
