Roger wilkerson

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Aug 30, 2015 - On the Road - detail from 1963 Holiday Inn ad.

You’re probably familiar with the article published in Housekeeping Monthly in May of 1955 on how to be a good wife. It was called, “The Good Wife’s Guide,” and it detailed all the ways that a wife should act and how best she can be a partner to her husband and a mother to her

A 56 pieces jigsaw puzzle from Jigidi

Our best ’50s cover artists capture moms’ challenges. Is motherhood that much different today?

Saturday Evening Post Illustrated by Thornton Utz May 1956

I would not consider myself a “good packer”. Despite having backpacked through Europe, South East Asia, and Argentina...despite having lived abroad in Rome and Africa...despite having taken countless vacations from Ibiza to Yellowstone... despite all this - I would still consider myself a terrible packer. When we were preparing for this trip I did a lot of thinking about what to pack. It was a little trickier for us because we were leaving the Midwest on the brink of winter, so we needed…

Toro lawn mowers, 1950s

Coby Whitmore’s illustration for the story "The Critical Young Man" shows the moment a close-minded man realizes he has misjudged his date. Our resident art analyst tells us all about the little clues in this painting.