Another excellent time capsule find from my recent road trip.
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
So much good stuff, but here are lots of the pages for your viewing pleasure:
(Click on an image and then click again for big versions!)
Looks appetizing! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
When appliances came in pastels! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
“Of course I can make good coffee!” Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
New fangled milk containers! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Creepy (Dutch) cows… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
50s housewife cow… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Sell, Sell, Sell! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Fems Napkins (for emergencies like apple picking?) Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Woolite and Lastic Life (a soap for elastic garments – brillant!) Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
So Natural… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
‘How to dress well on Practically Nothing!” Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
I own an actual pair of these! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
I want the scalloping ones! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Fry them twice? Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Rit dyes everything.. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
The matching hampers are where it’s at. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Beauty Ice. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Her face can tell the difference… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Cranberry pucks go with everything! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Saran wrap your silver! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
When Pepsi was classy. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Why use real cream? Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Fashions! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Paris Fashions! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
This is totally what I look like when I sew… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Pink is so in! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Manhattan Kitchen. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
The Jerome Cardins splash their favourite colours, spring violet and beige. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
It’s the 1950s, so women should be shamed for wanting to work outside the home. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
“Any reasonable person would understand that Henry was only being kind to Miss Brown…” Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
“Stella had reached a crisis- a crisis she thought she could handle until Andrew kissed her.” Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
That dress! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
“locating the most beautiful legs in the world” Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Exciting (but not very PC) meals. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Pinstripe Pink! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
So attractive! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Apparently men’s slippers are all the same. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
These cupboards are so awesome! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
#ladyproblems Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Imagine having bananas for breakfast! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
This girdle is exciting! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
I always wear eyeliner in the shower… Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Now you can leave the house on your period! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
You can be busy AND beautiful! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Just wear this torture device and you can eat whatever you want! Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
The flavour is: Low Calorie. Ladies Home Journal: November 1958
Serena by Modess pad ad (Ladies Home Journal: November 1958)
Much like the 1945 magazine I posted this week, this makes me thankful to live in a time when I have far more choice in my occupation and lifestyle. I can still rock vintage looks but I don’t have to be in full face and hair while I’m doing the laundry. Hurrah!
~ Heather
