A database of over 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.
instructions on how to be an efficient housewife -- eliminate 'useless' form; mentions the 'modern woman', emphasis on housekeeping being a science (defined as home economics). Images of selected pages from this item are available. Searchable text is only available for the title page, index, and/or contents pages.