Woman's Day-Shopping 1966 Style

In a recent post I showed you the cover of the February 1966 Woman's Day Magazine....now let's take a peek inside.

Shopping....by mail. From wigs to fiberglass bedspreads, from cake decorating to personalized kitchen labels. The concept of mail order shopping has evolved to shopping on the internet. But whether it was ordered in 1966 or in 2009, the products still arrive via USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.

This is just one page of mail order shopping and I'll be sharing other mail order shopping pages in future posts.

Why Was It Kept?

Found amongst my mother's things was the February 1966 issue of Woman's Day Magazine. What articles in the magazine prompted my Mother to purchase this magazine for 15 cents? From the cover I think it was An International Collection of New Knitted Sweaters and the Spring Fashions in Knit Fabrics that probably caught her attention as she loved to knit and sew. Of course there's the Pork Cook Book....even that caught my attention.

The Magazine is in relatively good condition for being 43 years old. No ripped, torn or missing pages. Does being 43 years old qualify as being Vintage...now, I'm only talking in terms of the Magazine?

Since finding the Magazine, I've only glanced through it briefly. I thought, if you're interested, we could spend some time looking through the Magazine and reading the articles, check out the recipes, read a story, and look at those ads. Sure, things have changed since this Magazine was published but maybe we'll also find things that really haven't changed that much. So, I'll be perusing the Magazine and we'll look inside in future posts.