Item [16] is a card holding metal patches. Includes cork washers and mending tool; illustration of woman in period dress; and illustrated instructions for mending metal containers, canoes, gutters, and hot water bottles. No recipes.
Item [17] is published by the Home Economics Department of Proctor and Gamble to promote P&G soaps. Includes techniques for planning, cleaning various surfaces and fabrics and removing stains; full-page advertisements for various P&G soaps with product illustrations; illustrations of equipment; menus; easy lunch and dinner recipes for housecleaning time; and index. Sample recipes: ham and scallopped potatoes, meat pie, and chocolate bread pudding.
Item [18] promotes Rinso washing soap. Includes a forward from the American Washing Machine Manufacturers' Association; description of kinds of dirt; instructions on how to sort laundry, remove stains, soak the wash, choose laundry soap, soak the clothes, dry clothes, sprinkle and iron, and wash whites, colors, woolens, rayon and silk; photographic illustrations of product uses and techniques; center spread advertisement for Rinso; stain removal instructions; table of stain removal techniques for various fabrics; product packaging and period dress illustrations; and index. No recipes.
Item [19] promotes Little Bo Peep ammonia and Little Boy Blue bluing, and is Fairy Story No. 17 of the Little Boy Blue and Little Bo-Peep Series, illustrated by Milo Winter. Includes portrait of John Puhl and images of product packaging; advice on using ammonia for washing clothes, dishes and windows; advice on using bluing for whitening clothes; and illustrated advertisement for Fleecy White laundry bleach. No recipes.
Item [20] promotes the Hoover Mothimizer for killing all stages of moth life. Includes instructions for attaching the product to the vacuum cleaner; advice on materials to use, treating closets and upholstered furniture, and frequency of treatment; photographic illustrations of product use; and company logo. No recipes. Marked: 803--45M-4-39 53398.
Item [21] promotes the automatic Westinghouse Laundromat washing machine and has a forward by Julia Kiene, Director of the Westinghouse Home Economics Institute. Includes descriptions of various fabrics and clothing fabrication techniques; laundry necessities; water softening; detailed instructions for sorting, stain removal, washing, bleaching, bluing, starching, drying and ironing; photographic illustrations of techniques and product uses; the advantages of the Laundromat automatic washing machine with an illustrated description of its operation; design principles for a modern planned laundry; notice of pre-war product production and durability; advertisements for other Westinghouse applicances such as hot water heaters, irons, and electric ironers; illustrations of women in period dress; and index. No recipes. Marked: 4CE-0201.
Item [22] promotes professional rug cleaning firms and was prepared by the Technical Committee of the National Institute of Rug Cleaning. Includes advice on cleaning rugs and carpets, rug care, preventing moth damage, emergency stain removal, and how to eliminate a wide variety of stains and advertisement professional rug cleaners. No recipes.
Item [23] is an illustrated coupon for 20 cents off a bottle of Ivory Liquid dishwashing soap. No recipes. Marked: 9-74G. Coupon marked: 7805AF.
Item [24] provides care and maintenance instructions for the Hoover Cleaner Model 61. Includes illustrated instructions for disassembling the cleaner, attaching cleaning tools, replacing parts, and lubricating; guarantee; and photographic illustrations of factories in Ohio, England, Canada and Scotland. No recipes. Marked: 678 54654.
