Discover the charming details from the July 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla. This issue features intricate filet crochet patterns, fascinating Edwardian advertisements, practical housekeeping tips, wartime recipes, articles on nutrition, and innovative “Tested Household Devices.” Dive into a historical treasure trove that reflects the creativity and resilience of women during WWI.
Here are some more magazine scans from The Modern Priscilla, July 1917. I really love the late Edwardian fashions of this transitional fashion era between corsets and the flapper girl of the 1920s....
This "batch" of scans included information and advice on correct corset adjustment, the many uses of peanuts, advice on mothering, and more patterns and ads! I especially liked the ad for garters...
Here is some classic Edwardian housekeeping advice. It's mainly advice on cooking, serving meals, and meal planning. There is an interesting article about how to incorporate healthy salads into...
Discover the elegance and practicality of Edwardian fashion through the stunning illustrations and advice in The Modern Priscilla magazine from April 1917. From bridal styles and house dresses to children’s summer outfits and chic spring coats, this issue highlights the adaptable beauty of early 20th-century design. It even features a wartime baking powder recipe to substitute eggs, showing how homemakers balanced creativity and resourcefulness during food shortages. Dive into a fascinating snapshot of Edwardian life, complete with style, grace, and ingenuity!
The April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla featured an exquisite Edwardian filet crochet pattern as its centerfold. This detailed design included instructions to create various elegant items, such as bridal teacloths, napkins, pincushions, scarfs, scarf ends, and doilies. Reflecting the refined artistry of the Edwardian era, this pattern is a timeless example of crochet craftsmanship and remains a source of inspiration for modern crafters today. Perfect for creating heirloom-quality pieces, it serves as a window into the domestic creativity and elegance of 1917.
Here is some 1917 advice and articles from the Modern Priscilla on adding lace to women's clothing, decorating hats with embroidery, and an article or advertisement about Summer Blouses of Viole...
I scanned thru the needlework section of the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla, which had patterns and advice about how to make lace doilies, tatting patterns and instructions for lace edges...
Apparently this ladies' home and house keeping magazine's issue was just published right before the United States entered World War I in April of 1917. The theme of this month's issue of...
The picture that grips me most from this set of old photo scans is the turn of the century picture of the little blonde toddler next to a chair taken by Hans Jaggli from Winterthur Sweden. The back...
J. Haas shot a very lovely looking portrait of a young couple, which I am guessing (but not sure) would be around 1908-ish because of her high necked long tulip flared gown and poofed sleeves....
I didn’t bother to re-edit these 1910s style photos. Anita was tiny enough to model this Edwardian lace dress without a corset! I wish we’d had one, just for the look. The details on this lace dress were pretty amazing. I posed her with an interior design book from 1912, which I should scan before I sell.
Here are some ads for long-out of business automobile makers: Wills Saint Claire, Willys Knight, Winton, and Stutz. Stutz produced luxury automobiles, and this ad is clearly aimed towards the Edwardian mother. The Winton ad is from 1915. The Willys Knight ads appear to be from the 1920s, the model 70 was produced in 1927. I am not sure when the Whippet was produced. There are several pages of ads for Willys Knight sedans and autos. The Wills Sainte Claire ad features its Canadian Goose logo and this page contains 2 scanned ads.
Did you know that Charles Dana Gibson drew characterchures and cartoons? From these sketches, it seems that he was quite the observer of every day life in Victorian and Edwardian America.
Here are the first four Gibson Girl prints from the portfolio “Twelve New Gibson Girls, hitherto unpublished” that I scanned for the Carondelet Historical Society as part of their efforts to digitalize their collection.
Here’s ZiZi modeling an Edwardian Lace Dress. I’ve posted a few untouched close ups of the dress so you can see the intricate details in the lace. It was an amazing piece and required minimal styling to bring a turn of the century mood. I especially loved her poses with the violin.
“Today’s musical comedy stars replace the Grecian bend of The Florodora Girls with abandon, and little else” reads the headline. It mentioned the famous gals who have come from the anonymity of chorus lines, including: Eva Tanguay, Ann Held, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lucille Ball.
Here are the final pages of the July 1913 issue of The Modern Priscilla. It wraps up and concludes the fashion and cooking articles, as well as shorter articles, including the Priscilla Juniors section and article about Summer Food for Children. These last pages are also chock full of ads for interesting things
These fashion illustrations show what women wore in 1913, and what was in style. Apparently, embroideries were the rule, and placed where there was the smallest excuse for them. This illustration shows three fashionable early 1900s women and a little girl. On the right side is an advertisement for a Venus adjustable dress form. The text includes detailed descriptions and how to order the dress patterns to make the fashions the models illustrated are wearing.
These next pages from the July 1913 Modern Priscilla include instructions, patterns, and illustrations for hand made 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.
This one page illustrated hat making article instructs the reader on what kinds of crochet stitches and materials to use to make a basic fashionable hat out of raffia. Ads on this page included Instant Postum, C-B Cottons, and Hinds Cream.
