Woman's scarf: "But salvage your rubber", Designed by: Arnold Lever. For: Jacqmar (English (founded 1932)), English, 1944. Wool. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
I love the idea of this exhibit. We’ve all heard stories about rationing and the sacrifices that everyone made during WWII, but this scarf kind of brings it to life, while still being an object of beauty.
“Man’s Wrapper,” African, Ghana, Early 20th Century
Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa-another case when I wish I could get out my travelling shoes. Beautiful cloth that serves a purpose.
And then there’s this…I really don’t know what to say about this except that it reminds me of the old “cheesecake” photos of the move stars of the forties. Look at that robe thrown back to reveal his shoulder. Jane Russell, anyone? Anyway, it came from this article.
Aleksander Deineka, Self-Portrait, 1948. ©Pinacoteca Estatal A.A. Deineka, Kursk.
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I do remember rationing. Rolling up gum wrappers and every little bit of foil to make a ball, not having any sugar, no butter but that grease stuff that you had to cream in some ugly yellow powder to make everyone think it was butter. My mother used to spoon the cream off the top of the milk bottle (when it wasn't homogenized) and save it up for a week so she could beat it with an eggbeater and make her own butter. I was seven when the war ended.
My friends have told me about the yucky yellow stuff for "butter." My grandparents had a farm, so my grandmother provided us with butter for much of my growing-up years. However, I didn't like it because she didn't add salt. Although we lived in town, our next door neighbors had some land and had cows and chickens. I would go next door to buy eggs and cream from the Walkers. And, yes, it was scraped off the top of the un-homogenized milk. Oh, what would the regulators say about that!
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