Life has been pretty quiet on the "This and That" front. I've always wanted to do posts on retro things---so here we go. If you have something you think of nostalgically about, email me! Today's odd topic:
Children's Hangers
When I was a kid, I only had one wooden hanger but I loved it. I was always certain this was older than me. I loved the little girl and often wondered if she had a story.
I have a few other wooden hangers, gifted to me by a friend:
Some other charming hangers include:
The charming plastic ones. The ones with cutwork are adorable but I doubt many of them survived:
Multiple children:
Some look homemade (and older):
Cute ones from Germany or Scandinavia...?
As much as I love all these things, I really never knew what to do with them. But then I saw these ideas on Pinterest:
Along that line, I gave Linda a 1940s hanger that had clothes pins strung on it. I'm sure it was to dry women's stockings but Linda uses it to dry her herbs!
The reason hangers were so important was because people had less clothing than we do now. They had small closets (like in my house) and they needed their clothes to last as long as possible.
Do you remember any of these?
Have a safe and happy day!
love the wayback photo!!
ReplyDeleteyes, I do remember these hangers and I received a few when I was a child. My dear great aunt would gift new mathcing dresses to my sister and me hanging on these adorable hangers. My busy mother considered the gift of time not spent on shopping for dresses to be her gift :) My great aunt never married and loved to shop for us girls. We were so lucky and so loved!
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