The Library Ghost

     Like many posts in this series, I need more sources on traditional masculine attire, as well as early twentieth-century laundry practices.      Note : The 1920s and 1930s now have their own post here . General information      Rowe, Kaz. " The Rise and Fall of the Gibson Girl: The Icon of the Edwardian Era ." YouTube . September 29, 2022.      Rudolph, Nicole. " The History of Standardized Sizes in Womens Fashion and Why They FAILED ." YouTube . May 16, 2021.      Vintagebursche. " 100 Years of Classic Menswear - and what we can learn from each decade ." YouTube . February 29, 2020. Accessories      Cox, Abby. " The Disappointing Truth On Why We Don't Wear Hats Anymore... " YouTube . December 18, 2022.      Cox, Abby. " The Hatpin's Criminal Legacy 📍 ." YouTube . March 8, 2025.      Foyer, Jean-Charles. " Batter up! a History of the Baseball Cap ." YouTube . ...

    All right, the first in the Cookery series !  Once again, I shall be creating posts by decade.  Note that How to Make Bread is a bit scanty on instructions, being largely an advertisement for the firm's new bread machine.  Also, I've separated out the wartime-specific cook books, rather than keeping them in their proper categories, as the ingredients and assumptions can be quite different. Baked goods and sandwiches Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.     Blitzner, John. The Peerless Pastry Book . Seattle, WA: Trustee Printing Company, 1910.      Brothers, Minnie E. Bread Making and Bread Baking . Minneapolis, MN: 1915.      Furstenberg, Katherine. Mrs. Furstenberg's Method of Making Superfine Cakes . Milwaukee, WI: 1916.      Harris, H. G., and S. P. Borella. All About Gateaux and Dessert Cakes . London, UK: Maclaren & Sons, 1910.      Richards, Paul. Bakers'...

    There are a lot of resources out there for period patterns from the era(s) in question, at least from the 1800s onward, so I thought I'd add yet another series of posts to my blog.  Publication of sewing manuals seems to drop off after the 1910s, picking up again in the 1940s, but I will try to do as many decades as I can! General information      Bryner, Edna. Dressmaking and Millinery . Cleveland, OH: Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation, 1916.     Foster, Olivia Hyde. Sewing for Little Girls . New York, NY: Duffield & Company, 1911.      Ginsburg, Marcus O. Chart of Bias Cutting . New York, NY: The Public Press, 1919.     Goodwin, Emma E. Goodwin's Course in Sewing: Practical Instruction in Needlework for Use in Schools and at Home . New York, NY: Frank D. Beattys & Company, 1910.      Van Rensselaer, Martha, et al. A Manual of Home-Making . New York, NY: The MacMillan ...

    The best way to learn to make Edwardian or Progressive-era needlework is by reading original patterns—so here they are!  The 1910s were a great time for arts and crafts publishing, it seems.  (Be warned: A Book of Bed-Spreads is not for beginners, and has very few instructions.) Crochet      Brown, Anna Wuerfel. The New Filet Crochet Book . Toledo, OH: Cora Kirchmaier, 1912.     Clark, Myrtle Artie. Clark's Crochet Book . St. Joseph, MO: Miller-Clark Designing Company, 1915.     Clark, Myrtle Artie. Jewel Crochet Book . St. Joseph, MO: Miller-Clark Designing Company, 1915.      Francis, Anna. The New Maltese Crochet Designs . Covington, KY: The Riley-Francis Co., 1915.      Fryer, Jane Eayre. The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book . Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Co., 1918.      Hettich, Lola Burks. The Priscilla Wool Crochet Book . Boston, MA: The Prisci...