1920s Best Way Soap + Towels Wash Up Kit For Travelers, Complete! green soapstone with a patent date of

with a patent date of 1881 by the Hall Borchert Dress Form Co

but this super folky bas relief carving of a pin up is among my very favorite Brimfield finds is this

which seems as if weightless and floating

All that I know for sure about this fabulous old snake painting on wood is that it was found on the back of a 19th century French armoire and presumed French

I've found a few others somewhat like it dating to around the beginning of the 20th century

1920s Best Way Soap + Towels Wash Up Kit For Travelers, Complete! green soapstone with a patent date ofVery smart, and very fun too, and perfectly embodying the explosion of car travel for pleasure in the 1920s; no surprise that one of these kits features in the collection of the Henry Ford Museum, which dates it to 1925. Great graphics on the front flap, and then inside 12 squares of paper soap (pure "cocoanut" oil, no less) and 12 paper towels, to be pulled out as needed. "Every motorist needs it!" So much that seems quintessentially American rolled