Careers for women were very limited a hundred years ago. One option was to become a tea room manager, and the Lewis Tea Room Institute was ready to teach women how to become one.

Most companies are constantly changing advertising campaigns and taglines. Maxwell House Coffee is the exception. It has used the slogan “good to the last drop” for at least a hundred years.

I think that I need a Utility Dish Drainer that would cleanse, dry, and sterilize my dishes.

I don’t usually give much thought to baking powder brands, but this 1924 full-page advertisement on the inside cover of the April, 1924 issue of  American Cookery made me realize that there used to be differences across brands. I definitely don’t want to spoil a cake by using a bad baking powder. I wonder if there still are significant differences.

I love recipe contests – and have some great pecan recipes. Unfortunately, this pecan recipe contest ended a hundred years ago.

Until I saw this hundred-year-old advertisement, I had never heard of Skinner’s Macaroni – though it may be a regional food that still exists. When I googled “Skinner’s Macaroni,” I came across an Albertson’s webpage for Skinner Macaroni Twirls. I also came across an “Our Story” page for J. Skinner Baking in Omaha, Nebraska which said that “The Skinner family has been in the food business since the late 1800s, so there’s a good chance your grandparents grew up on Skinner Macaroni and other Skinner family products.” It looked like the company now makes pastries.

I think of Lux soap as a bar soap, not a dishwashing soap. Based upon this 1923 advertisement, it appears that a hundred years ago, Lux came in small pieces in boxes. The advertisement is about using Lux to wash dishes, though the box in the picture says that it is “for all fine laundering.” Apparently back then, the same soap was used both laundry and dishwashing.