In 1910 many, many Canadians, especially rural folk and immigrants in the cities, were living in squalor. See the menace of the slums on this website. But there was a middle class and middle-class people, whatever their true condition, held an idealized view of the 'happy home' born in Victorian times and perpetuated in magazines..  Essay on Fannie Farmer Cook Book and other Tighsolas essays.

The Healthful Home

My old Canadian Home

Modern Parents (Clipping from 1910 era)

The Electric Home of the 'future'

Home Entertainment 1910

Household accounts in 1883, first bachelorhood, than marriage and setting up house, then baby arrives!

The New Profession of Homemaking: Article 1911

The New Profession of Homemaking: Ad in Magazine read by men.

People who Dwell in the Dark: How 'the other half' lived. 1910

How to Live Within Your Means 1909.  Consumer Age Values in Embryo.

The cost of  essentials.. Some Nicholson invoices 1900

1901 Grocery List, Nicholsons of Richmond

An Essay about a Tighsolas Kitchen Chair, Ikea, Walmart and Scandinavian Design.