1800s
Find out about old-fashioned mansard roof homes & Second Empire-style houses
What is a mansard roof home – or a Second Empire-style house? Find out here, and take a look at more than 20 beautiful examples!
What is a mansard roof home – or a Second Empire-style house? Find out here, and take a look at more than 20 beautiful examples!
With its gold edging and hardware, this style of French-inspired furniture design was popular for homes in the ’60s and into the ’70s. Take a look!
If you’d like to celebrate an proper Edwardian-style Christmas, here are lots of ideas for you! Get inspired by these recipes, decor tips, vintage images and lots more.
Today, many of the great desserts of old are being rediscovered and enjoyed – luxurious offerings like the Victorian classic Charlotte Russe.
Pirate Jean Lafitte, The Terror of the Gulf of Mexico, made prizes of several British East Indiamen, and eventually, became wealthy and powerful enough to found the colony of Barataria, at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Here are six full-color fashion layouts – with 44 different outfits – as published in The Delineator during the summer of 1922!
Some charming hostesses have discovered the possibilities of the waffle iron as a means of social enjoyment and refection for their house or country club parties. Here are seven delicious waffle recipes to try.
For more classic fashion from the twenties, check out Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Book #3: Vintage Fashion from the Early 1920s and Vintage Women: Adult
Blue glass sugar casket Blue glass with enamel florals, and brass lock, trim and legs Owned by a private American collector Antique French Sugar Casket
Elegant French dessert. Easy American recipe. Secret Hawaiian ingredient. Brown sugar makes the difference. You’ll find that chocolate becomes super-chocolate when its flavor is deepened
50+ sexist vintage ads so bad, you almost won’t believe they were real 
Helen Reddy’s house: Look inside her beautiful California home back in the ’70s 
How long does it take to make jello? See a chart! 
Shades of the past: Authentic Victorian house paint color sample cards 
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