Edith Adams

If the Edith Adams homemaker files from the 1920′s to 1990′s were a universe, we’ve so far only managed to explore from Burnaby to Burquitlam. But even with that tiny segment of this vast treasure trove revealed, we’re finding some amazing things. Today’s fun comes from an index card file, buried deep in the Edith [...]

August 3, 1950: Dear Edith Adams: I was wondering if you could use an idea for a foot scraper in your paper. I made a foot scraper out of the end of an apple box. The board should be a thick one about 1 inch through. I saved up my bottle caps and tacked them [...]

By Edith Adams, December 28, 1968 ‘Tis the season to indulge! The trouble is, it’s too easy to over-indulge. Almost all of us, for one reason or the other, greet the New Year’s morning with something less than joy. Most of us feel we have overeaten. And some of us know we’ve had both too [...]

In around 1950 (or thereabouts – there’s no specific date we’ve been able to track down just yet), the Edith Adams Cottage crew put out a new book – one of the many dozens that Vancouver homemakers regularly lined up to buy for under a dollar. Some featured dress patterns, some toy plans, some architectural [...]

Helen Gougeon - July 3, 1954 Frankfurters take on new frills to provide a tasty and nourishing main course A word in favour of hot dogs as a dinner dish for hot days: There are endless ways of preparing them and they are a good buy if you make sure you are buying frankfurters with a [...]