The Legacy of Home

Mrs. White's wish book. In an effort to spend less money this year, I decided I needed a wish book. All through the year there are thing...

Library of Congress: Farm couple doing their bookkeeping at home in 1930. In an effort to keep our expenses as low as possible, I have been ...

Library of Congress: Husband and Wife going over House Account in 1941 Minnesota As another month draws to an end, it is time to reflec...

Library of Congress: House and Garage in 1935 Mississippi  by Arthur Rothstein In 1905, a book of moral and religious stories containe...

Country Driveway at Mrs. White's Vermont Home In Colonial days, girls and young ladies were taught diligence and productivity.  S...

  ~ Our newest book, brought to you by "The Legacy of Home Press." ~ This book was written while taking care of grandbabies, c...

Library of Congress - A Farm couple doing their bookkeeping at home 1930 Several years ago, during a major oil crisis, gas prices rose to...

Library of Congress: Setting the table in home economics class,South Carolina, 1939.     I studied cooking in Home Economics classes when I ...

Lake View near Mrs. White's home in Vermont. Something in the soul tends to slow down and be at peace, out in a rural area.  We think ...

Baking Bread 1950, Potomac Electric Power Co. (LOC) Must the cookie jar always be full?  Do Mothers have to keep a steady supply of cake, br...

Living in an old house makes me think about all the struggles the early Americans went through.  I visited Plimouth Plantation, in Massach...

I grew up in the same house my mother grew up in. It was a beach cottage that Grandpa spent years rebuilding, while Mother was a small chil...

LOC: Calleb family on the porch of their home, Appalachian Kentucky, 1940.   I don't think we realize how bad things are in this econom...