1900s
What should you put in a hope chest?
What should you put in a hope chest? Linens and items for the home after the wedding, or clothing for the bride’s trousseau? Here are answers from 100 years ago!
What should you put in a hope chest? Linens and items for the home after the wedding, or clothing for the bride’s trousseau? Here are answers from 100 years ago!
For decades after their introduction in 1963, Easy-Bake Ovens showed up on wish lists for Santa and for birthdays, and millions of them were sold.
How did the Girl Scouts get started? Here’s a look back a century to the vintage Girl Scouts beginning, along with a look at what they offered to girls across the US.
The rooms shown here aren’t just fun to look at, they also have room to play and plenty of shelf and storage space for games and books and sports and hobby paraphernalia.
From pretty in pink to bold in black, teen girls put a lot of time and money into finding just the perfect now-vintage ’80s prom dress. Here’s a look back!
‘Suzy Homemaker’ was the name of a vintage line of toy appliances that encouraged girls to play by cleaning and cooking… just like mom!
Hot on the heels of the flower child era, back in 1974, Mattel introduced a set of toys that were sort of the anti-Barbie: The Sunshine Family dolls.
Halloween greeting cards made especially for children became popular in the 1970s – and many of them were far more sweet than scary. Look back at these Vintage Halloween cards for kids from the ’70s and ’80s!
Pajamas that, by their appearance, whisk you back to the memorably warm, cozy little bed you slept in when you were 10 are all the more efficiently escapist and, therefore, all the more to be prized.
Barbie wasn’t just a doll – she had an empire! Look back at Vintage Barbie play sets, complete with friends and family, fabulous dollhouses, pools, pets… and lots and lots of fashionable clothing.
Look back at these vintage Tinkerbell manicure kits and other beauty treats marketed to little girls back in the ’70s. Lots of memories here!
Who was buying ’70s juniors clothes? In 1973, for back-to-school, teen girls spent a total of more than $3 billion in 60 days on the latest fashions. Here’s a look at what was available back then!
See what kids in the early ’80s were hoping to find under the Christmas tree by browsing the toys and games section of the 1981 Sears Wishbook catalog!
Anyone obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake probably dreamed of winning a bedroom makeover like this one from 1982. The prize package included more than 75 pieces of sugary sweet delight – toys, of course, but also wallpaper, roller skates and more.
Look back at ’70s clothes for girls from the 1973 JC Penney catalog! Plaids and dots, florals and stripes, denim and corduroy, gingham and seersucker, ice cream colors, country kitchen colors and more.
What was big in terms of fashion for girls in the 1983 JC Penney catalog? Some styles featured grown-up fashion translated into youthful looks – oversized shirt-dresses, dirndl skirts and drop-waist minidresses. See inside the catalog here!
Prom gowns are going romantic! Full-length pink taffeta-confections – like those from Gunne Sax — are the hottest-selling dream creation as high school prom season nears. Take a look back!
6 million teenagers love to sew – this is what they will make this fall Full of enthusiasm, teenagers all over the country will welcome
A little daughter! That’s happy news! Congratulations on your Baby Girl! A baby girl! Congratulations! Congratulations on your baby girl To welcome your new baby
Every little girl wants a dress for Christmas Sweet as a sugarplum: A tucked shirtwaist top, a wide, gathered velveteen skirt and a bias-striped sash
CHRISTMAS CLOTHES: FESTIVE LITTLE FROCKS AND SUITS FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES A Gale of Finery It is only a fair tribute to kind Kris Kringle — Low
Laughter is a serious thing. Hoot if you must, but strict attention should be paid to how you laugh and when. It is the barometer of your emotional state. Precisely put, laughter is a form of behavior.
There is, without question, more work to be done in New York than in any other place in America – which means it’s a good place to start a career. There are also more persons looking there for jobs than in any other place in the world.
Billie Burke writes on taste in dress by Miss Billie Burke Always dress as well as you can This does not mean to be in
When raising children, the principle of obedience to proper authority is the foundation of all good citizenship and good government — the very cornerstone of liberty itself.
Fashions for fun – with teen jive! America’s feminine teenagers, who have acquired a reputation as inventors of their own fashion fads — plus their own colorful
Introducing Sew Magic & Sew Perfect… real sewing without needle and thread. Now your little girl can sew-and-create just about anything she dreams up.
Wood carving a fashionable accomplishment for the young girl of today When, with refreshing prodigality, a young society woman of New York presented a half
Fisher-Price would like you to meet our girls. Elizabeth – Jenn – Mary – Baby Ann – Natalie – Audrey These appealing little lapsitters were
Playskool Candy Land Kids collection: A little girl’s first dolls Small, soft and machine washable, these dolls were designed especially for little girls 1-1/2 years and
Bedroom extras Here are two great ideas that require very little space, but can add immeasurable comfort and that extra dimension of convenience to almost
By their fads, ye shall know them (1975) By Carol Kramer – The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) December 6, 1975 Can you find your look?
With a Lego set, there’s never ever “nothin’ to do” She has boundless energy and an endless imagination. Now she has a building set that
>> Fashionable winter clothing for boys (1967) Dress her up
Marie Antoinette dress For a little girl from six to eight years old by Emily H May This little dress is to be made of
Principal, in wrath, beats girl San Leandro aroused over Charles Brenner’s system of correction “Spare the rod, spoil the child” not in favor with parents
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
See 40 stylish vintage window coverings from the ’50s 
Recipes from vintage Disneyland: Party pancakes in chocolate, strawberry & eggnog flavors (1956) 
A 1950s home tour: See inside a small house in San Francisco 
23 vintage pink bathrooms: See some wild bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s Want to remember to remember? Our weekly newsletter shows you the latest vintage, old-fashioned & historic stuff that we have published or refreshed during the past seven days. Sign up here.
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