These next pages from the July 1913 Modern Priscilla include instructions, patterns, and illustrations for hand made embroidered shirt waists, guest towels, and doilies. The advertisements included Coca-Cola, “Be a corsetiere”, B&R Corsets (illustrating the longer waist silhouette of the Edwardian era), and various yarn and fabric ads.

A woman in a WAC uniform reading a newspaper during WWII.

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