5/31/2021 1 Comment Happy Memorial Day!Happy Memorial Day, friends!! Hope y'all have had an awesome day celebrating!
I am so, so thankful for the men and women who fought and died to protect the freedoms that we have - even the freedom to celebrate this holiday with our family and friends is a freedom we often take for granted! Thank you so much to all our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and others who have paid the ultimate price for our country!
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Hello friends! Just wanted to let y'all know that these two fantastic items were just listed in the shop!! You can find them both here Have a lovely day!
-Emma From "You can't take it with you" to "It's a wonderful life" to "The FBI Story", there is no greater actor, in my opinion, than Jimmy Stewart!! No other actor portrays that home-grown small town American style better than Jimmy Stewart! AND tomorrow would have been his 113th birthday!! To honor the memory of this fabulous actor, we will be having a shopwide ten percent off sale tomorrow (May 20th)! Hurry- sale is only for tomorrow! No minimum purchase necessary. Click below to shop!
Hey Friends! It's been a veryyyy long time since we had an installment of the First Ladies of the 20th Century series. Nope, I haven't forgotten, there has just been so much else happening with the shop lately. So without further adieu, let's get into it! Edith Bolling was born on October 15th, 1872 in Wytheville, Virginia to circuit court judge William Holcombe Bolling. The Bollings were direct descendants of the early Virginia settlers and also of Mataoka, who is better known as Pocahontas. The Bollings, prior to the Civil War, were apart of Virginia's slave-operated plantation owners. After slavery was abolished, Edith's father took up law to support the family. Edith grew up among eight siblings as well as grandmothers, aunts, and cousins who lived with them. Edith's grandmother was confined to bed and it was Edith's responsibility to take care of her and her 26 canaries. In exchange, her grandmother taught her how to read and write, sew, and speak a hybrid of English and French. Her father would read classical literature aloud to the family and also hired a tutor for Edith later on. When she was 15, her father enrolled her in Martha Washington College, a finishing school for girls, in Abingdon, Virginia. Edith was miserable there and left after one semester. Two years later, she was enrolled in Powell's School for Girls. She would often descibe her time there as "the happiest time in her life". Unfortunately, the school closed after only one year when the headmaster suffered an accident in which he lost his leg, Edith's father was unable to pay for any more schooling for her after that, choosing to focus on her brother's education. While visiting a married sister in Washington D.C., Edith met businessman Norman Galt. The two were married in 1896 and lived in the capital for the next 12 years. In 1903, they had a son who lived for only a few days. This difficult birth left her unable to have children after that. In 1908, Norman died unexpectedly. Edith hired a business manager to oversee his business and pay off his debts. With the remaining money, Edith traveled Europe. In March of 1915, Edith was introduced to recently widowed President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson took an immediate interest in Edith and proposed soon after they met. To prevent unsubstantiated rumors, the two held off their wedding until December of that year. During WWI, Edith set an example for the nation by observing gasless Sundays, meatless Mondays, and wheatless Wednesdays in an effort to ration. She also had sheep graze on the White House rather than use man-power to mow it. She sold the wool produced by the sheep and donated the proceeds to the American Red Cross. The hostess aspects of her role as First Lady were set aside due to the war and Edith focused on helping her husband in the difficult task of leading a nation at war. Edith accompanied Woodrow to the peace conference at the Palace of Versailles and helped cement America's status as a world power. Upon thier return, Woodrow began campaigning for Senate approval of the treaty and the League of Nations Covenant. However, during this time, he suffered a stroke that left him bedridden and partially paralyzed. Edith and the White House staff tried to keep his illness from the public. As a result, Edith took over many of the President's routine tasks for the next year and a half until he left office. Edith decided what communications and issues were important enough to bring to Wilson's bedside. She also became the link between the President and his Cabinet. She assisted the President in filling out paperwork and would often make sugestions. She was entrusted with many classified items of information and took on the task of encoding and decoding messages. Joe Tumulty, Wilson's Chief of Staff, wrote of her " No public man ever had a more devoted helpmate, and no wife a husband more dependent upon her sympathetic understanding of his problems". In 1921, Edith and the former President retired to their home in Washington D.C., where she nursed him until his death three years later. Edith continued to remain active in politics. She headed the Women's National Democratic Club's board of governors, attended President Roosevelt's declaration of war in 1941, and also attended the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. She also published her memoirs during this time in 1939. Edith died on December 28th, 1961 of congestive heart failure and was buried next to her husband at the Washington National Cathedral.
She will always be remembered for her contributions to the country and for her devotion to her role of being her husband's helpmeet! 5/12/2021 0 Comments New in the shop! | Fashions Prints, Pattern, Maps, Brochures, and Driver's Manual (1850s-1990s)Hey Friends!
I've been busy as a buzzzzzz bee (if you know you know lol :D) over here and am excited to share with y'all eight new listings: a 1970s pattern, a set of two 1850s prints, a set of seven 1990s Florida travel brochures, a set of 17 90s Michigan travel brochures, a 1992/93 Georgia driver's manual, a set of three 90s Savannah travel brochures, a 90s Connecticut brochure, and a set of two 1980s travel brochures. Go check them out in the shop! Have a lovely day! -Emma Exactly seventy six years ago today (May 8th, 1945), the freedom-loving world stopped their daily activities to celebrate one of the most important events in history: the end of World War Two in Europe and the defeat of the European Axis Forces! To celebrate this occassion, I thought I would share some photos with you all of a copy of the Sun-Telegraph newspaper I have from that day! I hope you have enjoyed this look at a newspaper from this important day!
Happy V-E Day!! -Emma Hello everybody! I've decided to start a new monthly series here on the blog of all my vintage favorites that I've been enjoying lately! These favorites will range from music to tv shows/movies to photos to fashion to books and everything else. So let's get started! 1. That Everlovin' Rag by The Andrew Sisters I've been a long time fan of the Andrew Sister's music, but I only just recently discovered this one. It's really such a fun one! 2. Perry Mason I've been rather obsessed with this TV show lately! :D I think it has fast become my favorite mystery/detective show of all time!! I love that they normally give you most of the clues during the story so you can try to figure out the mystery and not just dump all the clues at the end. (The 50's-ness is also pretty awesome! :D) 3. Judy Bolton Series I was first introduced to this series a few months ago by a good friend and I must say I'm hooked!! Each story is just so good and realistic! I love the fact that she actually gets older throughout the series, unlike most mystery series. Judy Bolton books are a little harder to find than Nancy Drew or other series (they haven't been reprinted as much), but they are so worth it if you can find some! 4. This Dress from Ruby Mae Rose Isn't this dress gorgeous?!?!?!?!? I absolutely love the plaid and the fit and flare style! <3 5. This photo from the 1940s
I love everything about this photo: the dress, the furs, that railing, the hat!! It's all just so good! Which one was your favorite? What are your five favorites from this month? |
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