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This cowboy on horseback is part of the Pony Express.  Use the entire silhouette as it is or with slight modification you could make it into just a cowboy on horseback.

Use this shadow pattern to create unique yard art, for scrap booking, stamp making or any of a number of projects.

Click on the image to get a larger version of it.  Use graph paper to adjust the size of the image.

You might also like these nifty Cowboy Shadow Patterns

Keep in mind that these directions were written in the 1940's.  As with everything on this site - follow current safety standards when doing any project.

If you are one of the many men who have had disappointing results in painting cement floors in a basement workshop, recreation room, sun porch or elsewhere, you may be skeptical about the durability of floor, porch and deck enamel on concrete surfaces. Actually, any first-class enamel
made for this purpose will give satisfactory results if correctly used and, still more important, if the cement is properly prepared for painting.

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This is an old Jell-O recipe from the 1930's.

Ingredients:

1 package Lemon Jell-O

1 cup boiling water

1 cup meat stock, or 1 cup water plus 4 bouillon cubes or 4 teaspoons beef extract

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The following is from Make and Mend for Victory which was published in 1942 during World War II.  During this time consumers were encouraged to conserve resources - including household goods and clothing.

Consumer's Victory Pledge:

"As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, I will do my part to make my home, my community, my country ready efficient strong.

I will buy carefully - I will not buy anything above the ceiling price, no matter how much I may want it.

I will take good care of the things I have - and I will not
buy anything made from vital war materials which I can get along without.

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Here's the answer to your orphan books which are either too large or too small to fit gracefully in ordinary bookshelves. You can build a streamlined modernistic book case tailored to accommodate odd-sized books and to present a pleasing appearance because each book rests among other books similar in size.

To build this bookcase purchase 21 feet of 1" x 10" finished lumber, either fir or pine. If the locations of the shelves shown in the drawing are to be altered, tome adjustments may have to be made in the bill of materials. If the case is to be constructed as shown, the first step is that of cutting the pieces to sizes listed and marking each piece with its proper key letter for identification. Read the rest of this entry