50.21.8

Book, Household

1941

Watkins Household Hints. Material: paper, textile, metal. Size: 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". Description: green hard cover book with metal spiral spine binding, black title print, "Watkins Household Hints", green paper book jacket with black and white lithographed photo on reverse providing a group view of Watkins office buildings, factories, branches, printing plant and bank in Winona; stamped on title page, "Clinton Nowack, The Watkins Dealer, 814 St. State St., Waseca, Minn."; 246 pages plus index of hints for household including for the basement, laundry, kitchen, cooking, canning, house cleaning, stain removal, household and garden insects, gardening, first aid and miscellaneous; illustrations and color photos of Watkins products.

Watkins products have been available and sold through many different selling channels through the years. First from only J.R. Watkins himself, to a band of horse and buggy salesmen, to counter stores all across the United States and the world. It evolved just as selling has evolved, from door-to-door to the Internet, and currently is distributed through a multi-channel approach with all channels complementing each other.

Watkins Household Hints

Elaine Allen

J. R. Watkins Co.