American Home March 1965

A few weeks ago, I found a large collection of "The American Home" magazines at an estate sale.  Most were from the mid to late 1960's.  In my never-ending quest to create more work for myself scanning images, I decided to start a semi-regular blog series of some of the more interesting pictures and ads from them.  "The American Home" ran from 1928 to 1977 and was similar to "Better Homes & Gardens" magazine.  Because of the large size of the magazine, some images are unintentionally cropped and might be blurred on some spots. But ask yourself: how much are you paying for this?

From the March 1965 issue.

For those of you who have been looking for a good mashed potato and tuna fish recipe.

Is this kid opening the closet door intentionally so the little girl wanders blindly into the hot water heater?

Josephine the Plumber was played by child-actress Jane Withers who starred opposite of Shirley Temple in "Bright Eyes".  As of this writing, she's still alive, living in Atlanta, Georgia.

That's it, honey, get those little hands in all the crevices.

If you're like me, you refuse to eat Sulphured Molasses.

I was surprised to see this ad in the back of the magazine.  I'm used to seeing it in comic books.  

Just go ahead and park by the pool.  I'm sure they won't mind.

My mom used to make Chun King Chow Mein when I was a kid and I loved it.  Some years ago, I bought some to see if it held up after all of these years.  It didn't.