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Greetings from the bottom of the drawer. Barbara. Hankerchief.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

hankerchief ancient bottom of drawer barbara

Greetings, Barbara!!

It is time to clean up, get rid of, look again, wonder where this stuff came from, drag out, sift through and be amazed at the pile of items.  That is what I was doing. Two bottom dresser drawers had not been touched in many years. Where did all these lovely ladies vintage hankerchiefs come from?  What about all these old scarves from the 50's, 60's, 70's and even further back?  

Remember women's slips?  Back when we had to wear dresses.....Gloves?  Back when we had to wear gloves with the dresses.....Panty hose?  Back before ladies just quit wearing hose at all.... Here's a glimpse of the drawers.

drawer dressing scarves hankerchiefs hose gloves

This is after I had dragged things out trying to organize for about an hour.  There was even an old hankerchief from China, nestled on a piece of paper and tied there with strings and never used.

China hankerchief 

I know I never had that thing so where did it come from? And then, as if to cheer me on was the Barbara hankerchief at the bottom of a drawer!  No!  I don't remember ever having it!!  But it did help and amaze me!

Thanks to whoever placed it there!!

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Don Thompson
Donthomp Associates - Sunnyvale, CA

Barbara, I enjoyed this blog for a number of reasons. First a chance to look in your drawers!😛 To see what oddities you came up with, of course. I haven't had a chest of drawers in my bedroom for 20 years or more. Paula and I decided to go with the island look and use bakers racks filled with baskets of clothes. I did a purging of my bedroom and donated 5 big bags of clothes to Savers. I did toss a big pile of hankerchiefs and a men's scarf from the time we wore overcoats with scarves and a hankerchief in the pocket.

Thanks for the entertaining post!

Jan 03, 2025 12:38 PM
Barbara S. Duncan

Men looked so good in overcoats and that scarf and hankerchief in the pocket.  Nobody dresses up for anything any more.  In that picture there is a speck of red which is a different kind of drawer.....given to me by my husband many years ago.....

Jan 03, 2025 01:34 PM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I got rid of my panty hose quite a while ago, and only kept one slip (just in case). I very very rarely wear dresses.

Jan 04, 2025 05:09 AM
Barbara S. Duncan

Kat, sounds as if you are  up there with the rest of women.  I had a friend whose daughter said, "No matter how ugly your legs are, you don't wear hose!"  I may have blogged about that.

Jan 04, 2025 05:43 AM