remember when by the trainman
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do you remember when ladies wore silk stockings?

Do you remember when real silk stockings cost 25¢ a pair?

Do you remember what else you could buy for 25¢ in 1925?
silk stocking package 1925		 close up of label on 1925 silk stocking package

  
shoe horn made of horn do you remember when people used shoe horns to save wear and tear on their shoes and socks when they put their shoes on?
Do you remember when shoe horns were made out of horn?
Do you remember when horn and bone and sometimes tortoise shell and ivory were important industrial materials for making things?

 
do you know what this is?
hint: It is not an instrument of medieval torture
(although some ladies might have thought so)

mystery item

(the answer is at the bottom of the page)

 
 
porcelain darning egg
stone darning egg
 do you remember when we darned socks?
Do you remember darning eggs made of stone, porcelain and wood?
Do you remember fancy ones with attached handles?		 wooden darning egg
darning egg with silver handle

 
 
real? tortoise shell brush and decorative comb do you remember tortoise shell
brushes, combs, and so forth?

I remember a tortoise shell compact my mother had.
I remember the beautiful brown and amber colours.
I don't remember if it was real tortoise shell or plastic
or bakelite, but I do remember the swirls of colour.

do you know how to tell real tortoise shell from imitation?
Just offer the item for sale.  If a government official confiscates it and gives you a fine for selling parts
of an endangered species, you will know it was genuine.

 
 
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do you know what this is?
answer:

CAMP Co. corset
This is a Corset / Waist Cincher made by
CAMP Co. in 1924.  The straps allowed
the wearer to cinch it up by herself.  At
right is a corset ad from 1900.

 corset ad 1900
This page created 29 May 2000