tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post3192014582083146259..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: HooverettesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-32876126025550903492010-08-24T13:07:29.922-05:002010-08-24T13:07:29.922-05:00Hoover got the blame for the Great Depression beca...Hoover got the blame for the Great Depression because, like George W. Bush, the fiscal irresponsibility that produced the depression occurred during his presidency! Read Charles Kindleberger, The World in Depression. Roosevelt, like Obama, got stuck cleaning it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-18449913566006733822010-08-20T19:32:13.964-05:002010-08-20T19:32:13.964-05:00AH Barbara - while my own Mom was around in the 19...AH Barbara - while my own Mom was around in the 1930-40 and 50s, she did always wear a house dress - from fabrics like those you have shown. She told me the idea for the 'busy prints" and brighter colors was to hide the dirt, and stains too. Where we lived, most of the year was fairly warm weather. Her house dresses were a wonderful light weight cottons.<br /><br />Like another poster said, you always changed into a slightly dressier dress to go to town, and an ever dressier dresses for Church. Lucky if you could afford 2 Sunday-Go-To-Meetings dresses too! Matching accessories were surely the thing then.<br /><br />While I would dislike giving up my jeans LOLOL - I would love us to get back into some form dresses for around the house, and in town too. Here in East TN, dresses are about strictly for Church Functions.<br /><br />Julie in East TNUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458072638353773969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-48390586237220913262010-08-19T02:45:15.256-05:002010-08-19T02:45:15.256-05:00Thanks for the post. I have a string pieced star t...Thanks for the post. I have a string pieced star top from the 1930's and every time I look at those fabrics I try to imagine what kind of clothes they came from. <br />In Italy some older women still wear house dresses.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816506146827266570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-69724659803898972372010-08-18T22:54:23.456-05:002010-08-18T22:54:23.456-05:00The current thinking is that the Hoover apron was ...The current thinking is that the Hoover apron was named when Hoover ran the Federal Food Administration just before WWI. Double-fronted apron dresses already existed at this time; my guess is that the Food Administration recommended them. Plenty of home sewing patterns were made for Hoover aprons, or variants on the name such as Hoover-all, Hooverette, etc; I've blogged about some of these.andrea.at.the.blue.doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532947489421472003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-48910876811238544912010-08-18T10:00:06.852-05:002010-08-18T10:00:06.852-05:00What a fun and inspiring post. One can see you put...What a fun and inspiring post. One can see you put a lot of thought and time into it! I love, love love the old photos! We must keep this craft of ours alive for future generations!John'aLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745376345664784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-15666665817969331322010-08-18T09:38:43.448-05:002010-08-18T09:38:43.448-05:00Thanks! These are my very favorite prints. Proba...Thanks! These are my very favorite prints. Probably some forgotten memories from infancy. They just feel good.Nifty Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249020129403851346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-62433337939705923822010-08-18T09:08:37.982-05:002010-08-18T09:08:37.982-05:00I loved this post. My grandmother, who would be 9...I loved this post. My grandmother, who would be 98 if she were still alive, wore these Hooverette style dresses daily when I was a child in the '60's. The by the late 70's those dresses turned up in quilts and aprons. I guess we were a little behind the times! LOL!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05479013420526089505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-75664381848780562912010-08-18T08:33:08.188-05:002010-08-18T08:33:08.188-05:00Same for me. I thought vacuum cleaners.
I still r...Same for me. I thought vacuum cleaners.<br /><br />I still remember my grandmother explaining to me what a housedress was. She said you wear it at home while cooking and cleaning, but you wear something nicer when you go out. She didn't have much to spend, but she was always "put together" with matching shoes and pocketbook, earrings, hair curled. <br /><br />Thanks for the great post. It dusted off some nice memories for me.Selvage Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830455480591075005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-49411165494402452832010-08-18T07:07:32.141-05:002010-08-18T07:07:32.141-05:00I too thought of the Hoover vac. Wow 2 for 92cents...I too thought of the Hoover vac. Wow 2 for 92cents! Bargain! I have a few of these 20/30's quilts from my paternal Grandmother Hancock.Was hard times for sure for so many. <br />Lolaandsewonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217697598519788982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-64522533260672013322010-08-18T07:00:04.121-05:002010-08-18T07:00:04.121-05:00I forgot about the Hoover vacuum, which has become...I forgot about the Hoover vacuum, which has become a verb as in: "My dog has been hoovering the rug looking for crumbs."Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-90376929593099810312010-08-18T06:54:35.675-05:002010-08-18T06:54:35.675-05:00When I saw the word Hooverette, I immediately thou...When I saw the word Hooverette, I immediately thought of Hoover vacuum cleaners and thought one would wear her Hooverette while cleaning house and running the Hoover. Interesting post.~Kris~https://www.blogger.com/profile/04759188532950593072noreply@blogger.com