1960s
50 Madmen-era vintage drink recipes & how people would toast in the ’60s
Looking to get a ’60s-style party going? Here are some classic toasts to raise and some vintage drink recipes so you can say cheers with savvy retro flair!
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1920s
71 old wedding superstitions, traditions & marriage myths that range from sweet to silly to sad
Old wedding superstitions and traditions are intended to bring the couple good luck – but worrying about all these myths & signs would stress anyone out!
1950s
129 ways to get a husband: Truly terrible tips from the 1950s
Back in the fifties, a group brainstormed ways to help a woman catch a man… and the suggestions are just as cringeworthy, soul-crushing and outdated as you can imagine. Take a look at these 129 ways to get a husband and see for yourself!
1910s
17 wedding flower arrangements & bouquets (1916)
When it comes to weddings, there is an irresistible charm, a fascination about it, in which the flowers play a leading role.
1900s
How a bride in 1950 sewed a new bridal gown from a heirloom wedding dress
Stored away and preserved for fifty years, this lovely heirloom wedding dress of silk satin was easily converted into a modern wedding gown for a new bride.
1940s
Marilyn Monroe’s first husband, who she married at age 16, fondly remembers their four years of marriage (1976)
According to Marilyn Monroe’s first husband, if they had stayed together, by 1976, the star might have ended up a 50-year-old housewife living in Arizona.
1900s
The most beautiful vintage wedding dresses from the early 1900s
Planning a wedding with a classic old-fashioned feel? Check out this collection of beautiful vintage wedding dresses from the first decade of the 1900s!
1910s
Vintage wedding dresses for stylish brides from 1914
Vintage wedding dresses for brides of 1914 often had a court train and a high neck, while long gloves covered the arms. The decollete was so demure that there is nothing to shock the conventional.
1940s
The measure of romance: Marriage rates on the rise (1950)
Marriage rates rose each year between 1945 and 1949 – more than ever before during a 5-year period – as almost 3,000,000 women swapped the single life for married life.
1800s
The life & times of a newspaper’s society reporter (1898)
A society reporter is expected to see ‘spacious apartments,’ ‘profusions of stately cut flowers,’ and ‘rich family plate’ – where in reality, a lilliputian parlor and dining room contain a few vases of flowers, and some highly respectable but unmistakably modern silver.
1940s
Sweetheart Valentine’s Day cake (1949)
Make this sweet sweetheart cake – the loveliest cake you ever baked! Make it for a bridal party or for a birthday, for a wedding anniversary,
1950s
JFK & Jackie get married: The Bouvier-Kennedy wedding (1953)
The Bouvier-Kennedy wedding: In one of Newport’s plushiest weddings in years, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier became the bride of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
1930s
Why keep marriage facts a dark secret? (1934)
Why keep marriage facts a dark secret? The belief that a couple taking vows would soon see and understand everything is held a shopworn idea to be abandoned.
1900s
Vintage wedding cake customs (1909)
The wedding cake, luscious and delicate of taste, with its wonderful exterior covering of ornamental sugar icing, wrought in various devices, is an institution honored by long patronage and full appreciation.
1910s
Vintage wedding etiquette: What guests needed to know (1914)
What to expect before, during and after a wedding From the best man to the most remote acquaintance of the affianced couple, a wedding invitation
1800s
Wedding etiquette: An old-fashioned bridal procession (1893)
Get details of an old-fashioned Victorian bridal procession here! At the start, the wedding party, with the exception of the groom and his best man, assemble in the waiting rooms at the entrance to the church where the procession is formed.
1960s
Johnny Cash & June Carter get married (1968)
June Carter & Johnny Cash are married Johnny Cash and Miss June Carter, country and Western music singers who teamed up on a Grammy-winning record,
Culture & lifestyle
The etiquette of marriage: The ceremony & after (1850)
The marriage ceremony Weddings are everywhere accompanied with some degree of ceremony, and are usually considered as occasions of festivity. The preliminaries having been arranged
1910s
Two sweet old-fashioned bridal shower ideas (1913)
Shower for the traveling bride Here is a clever suggestion for the hostess to the bride-to-be, whose honeymoon will include a trip abroad. A pretty
1910s
Wedding cake recipe (1911)
How to make a wedding cake Ingredients 1 pound of brown sugar 1 pound of butter 1-1/2 pounds of pastry flour 12 eggs 1 pound
1920s
A pretty trousseau tea party for bride-to-be (1920)
‘Oh, Madge, you are going to show me your linens and trousseau before you are married, aren’t you?’ is the persistent question familiar to all brides-to-be.
1920s
Getting ready for the wedding: Bridal lingerie (1920)
Brides’ lingerie either tailored or very fancy Many girls this season are confining their trousseau lingerie more strictly to wash materials than have brides of
1900s
Proposing marriage: What to do when your best girl says ‘yes’ (1900)
What to do when your best girl says “yes” By RK Munkittrick There are many times in a man’s life when he precipitates himself into
1800s
Wedding bells at San Francisco’s Presidio (1896)
Wedding bells at the Presidio Nuptials of Miss Jennie Catherwood and Dr Grinnell Assembly hall adorned with pennants and snowy blossoms The Presidio band plays
1900s
A new way to display wedding gifts (1902)
A recent bride chose an artistic method to display her wedding gifts. All the furniture was taken out of a room, and here she arranged her gifts most attractively.
1910s
Should older women marry younger men? (1914)
The other day, a woman of 38 married a man of 30, whereupon the critics went into session and began to grouch. Should older women marry younger men? What society said in 1914.
1800s
Jewelry in fashion: Colored gemstone engagement rings are popular (1899)
The fad for color has affected even the engagement ring, and while the diamond solitaire remains always fashionable, there are also the brighter hues of rubies, emeralds, sapphires and turquoises.
1800s
Getting ready for a Victorian wedding: Church decor & flowers (1893)
The very latest fashions and follies in vogue “Happy is the bride that the sun shines on!” But those brides that have chosen these spring
1900s
Decorating for an Easter wedding (1906)
An Easter wedding The week following Easter has always been a favorite time for weddings. Here are a few suggestions for the girls who may
1900s
The American girl’s hope chest (1902)
American girl’s hope chest or linen chest A linen chest (or hope chest) is the American girl’s latest fancy, and she is reveling in this
1900s
Two fashionable antique wedding gowns from 1906
by Mrs Osborn, creator of fashions for the fashionable women of America A) Wedding dress with Valenciennes lace & embroidered roses A wedding gown of
1900s
Love on a ferris wheel: Weddings in midair (1904)
Wedding in midair Many couples united in the cars of the Ferris Wheel Since the opening of the World’s Fair, more than a score of
1940s
14-year-old Woo Woo Kid gets married (1944)
No draft worries for schoolboy hubby, says wife At least Ellsworth (Sonny) Wisecarver, 14-year-old school boy husband of Elaine Wisecarver, 21, doesn’t have to “worry
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