Friday is normally the day I answer reader’s questions. But today I have an answer to a question I asked in a blog post a couple years ago. I wanted to know the name of…
Category: Women
What was the Wilmington Dry Goods store?
Posted in Advertising, Businesses, Clothing, Home, and Women
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Today, though, I have a question of my own. I was…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Romantic postcards of a life most women didn’t live
Posted in Culture, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Women
I saw the title of the drawings under frame on the auction table before I figured out exactly what they were. The title was pretty comical in this 21st-century era, but I found it intriguing enough…
The child’s toy washing machine was cute and sweet. It was a mini version of mom’s old wringer washing machine, but this one had logo of a little cartoon figure holding a tennis racket. With…
Unmasking the legacy of women
Posted in African American women, and Women
Sometimes while researching one auction item, I’m led to the history of another that’s just as fascinating. That’s truly been the case in my discovery of the contributions of women. Many of them have touched the way…
The joy of being a woman
Posted in African American women, Beauty Products, Clothing, and Women
It’s a sheer pleasure being a woman. Some of the best stuff in the world is made – not made, but designed – for us, and we partake of it unabashedly. We are some of…