Vintage Books & Periodicals

This book explores the role of women in Viet Nam’s history and their fight for liberation. It starts by discussing the early history of patriarchal oppression and highlights legendary women generals, cultural traditions, and folk songs that shaped…

This cookbook from the late 1950’s has over 800 pages of different authentic food recipes in many categories for readers to try at home. The great variety of these recipes highlight how different modern-day desserts were made back in the 1950s. It…

In this book from the late 1970's, Ellington Darden gives advice on exercise and diet for a woman trying to stay healthy, gain strength, and build muscle. He makes accounts of science-based exercise to build muscle mass and breaks the myths made…

The manual provides information on the necessary materials, tools, and techniques used in etching. It contains step-by-step instructions for creating etchings with precision and artistic expression, covering methods such as line etching, aquatint,…

This text shares views from battlefronts from the Great War including the Battle of Somme and Battle of Verdun, shows off mostly French and some British weaponry and artillery, and displays how resources were transported.

The projected Mercator Map shows European Borders in 1962. In the still image you can see Germany's Iron Curtain and how it was split by the Cold War. As depicted in the image, the Soviet Union still controlled the territories of the Baltic States,…

A collections of images from The Fifties Book ranging from focused passages on Little Richard, Buddy Knox, Sindey Portier, Gene Autry, and Bridgette Bardot. It also includes news articles documenting hope for a polio vaccine and Queen Elizabeth II's…

An employee handbook by The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company describing the importance of overlapping (multitasking) for the most efficient management of operating a switchboard for both the customer’s and the employer’s sake.

Cover, Foreword, and Main Story of the September 1932 edition of Nature Magazine.