What’s Nu?

As this 1945 advertisement (for sheets) in Country Gentleman/Country Woman magazine illustrates, we’ve been shortening our vocabulary long before twitter and texting.

Pretty perf.
Prec Perf 1945 Country Gentleman www

I’ve been going through the stacks of magazines in my collection/hoard (not my description, but definitely to be considered), researching a new project, and I’m cutting out practically every page because the relevancy to modern-day life so obvious.

I post daily on facebook and pinterest of my findings – if this angle of vintage interests you, please join me!
xxea

Tie One On…an apron, of course!