Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher looped handle works perfectly

works perfectly

This one is really all about the cover

beauty of execution

and understand that they were railroad signs--I assume this one (with reflective circle screwed on top of the painted yellow surface) signaled "caution"

This is my favorite trade card I've found

Graphically Satisfying and Creatively Useful Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. Hostess Doily Stretcher looped handle works perfectlyImagine a time when people women, largely were so committed to having crisp and perfectly round doilies that they would own a board like patented in 1940 by the Chicago Curtain Stretcher Co. and sold at Montgomery Ward. Easier. More effective and efficient than ironing, apparently; a necessity for the perfect hostess the name would imply. But maybe, when husbands were at the office, women got together and threw darts at it! Now, quite a excellent