Posted in: Vintage Vittles Sunday Adverts: Thanksgiving Love and Lard

Vintage Meat Recipe Book, 1946… an Adventure in Fat! There are some history enthusiasts who yearn to recreate the “good old days.” These intrepid time travelers long to capture the mindset of an ancestor… feel...

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Posted in: In the Park In the Park: Picnic Time

Young girls on a picnic circa 1946. When you don’t have a picnic basket, a stock pot will work just fine! Image: courtesy Flanner House Records, Indiana Historical Society There’s nothing more relaxing than wiling...

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Posted in: Vintage Vittles Vintage Vittles: A bevy of beverages

Happy late Valentine’s Day, readers! This week, the yield of combing through recipe collections this week is a selection of beverages — some boozy, some not — to tempt you with.  As faithful Hi readers,...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Adverts: White’s Restaurant

And we thought the Golden Arches chain or the ubiquitous purveyors of coffee started the trend of having storefronts within a block of each other. Not so, friends. Check out this advert for White’s Restaurant...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Adverts: Hoosier Kitchens, Cabinets, and Refrigerators in 1919

I think most of us have heard of the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, right? (There is one on display at the President Benjamin Harrison Home, if I’m not mistaken.) Thumbing through Good Housekeeping from 1919, there...

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