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Campbell’s Tomato Soup, 1919

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“The more the merrier” - Campbell’s Tomato Soup, as seen in Vogue 1919. No matter who comes nor how unexpected—even though they arrive just at your meal hour.   With Campbell's at hand you always have a delicious soup course ready to emphasize your welcome. And this is only one instance.   You can hardly count the emergencies that are smoothed out and simplified day after day by Campbell's Tomato Soup .   Suppose any meal goes wrong or disappoints you or you suddenly feel the need of an extra touch—something appetizing and nourishing which you had not planned.    Suppose it is the maid's day out, wash-day, ironing-day, house-cleaning day.   You are never without an inviting and sustaining soup.   You can use it also as the chief feature in many delicious recipes, some of which are given in our little book "Helps for the Hostess, which we will gladly send free on request. Write for it.   Order this tempting soup by the dozen or case. Get the...

Isabel Irving, Stage Actress

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Happy the 1st of February! Here is a beautiful photograph of Isabel Irving, an American stage actress!

Risco Doughnuts Ad, 1918

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Sewing Some 1920s Tap Pants!

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I am going to document the progress of my 1920s tap pants! I have just started these, and I added a lot of seam allowance; for, I have had a lot of issues with sewing in the past with the seam allowance, so I am just going to add a lot. They look very poor in quality right now, ha-ha. Please trust the process! They are a lot bigger than what they will turn out to be, because I’d rather have something much bigger than much smaller. I am going to start trimming off the edges and working on the waistline. I will do a button placket instead of elastic. To me, tailoring in sewing is quite fun, so I don’t mind doing all of this for the right fit! Just some examples!

Planning on sewing an envelope chemise from the late 1910s/early 1920s!

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Motoring Suit

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OK, I’m gonna have a lot of historic stuff to post this week! Firstly, I want to share with you this Edwardian motoring suit!! It is an antique. I am so excited to see this! Even though I’m not the best at sewing, I want to at least try to sew something similar. It is so pretty!

Lili Damita

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Photograph of Lili Damita (a French-American actress) on Broadway, c. 1932.