New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. 920 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. “A fascinating book containing 502 pictures; 38,000 words of text; innumerable women, a number of men, and endless entertainment.” This book contains a history of women in various activities, fashion, dress, roles, and more from the..... More
Cooperstown: The Arthur H. Crist Co., 1915. Etiquette. Wraps. 240 pages. Vol. XXX, No. 4. Established in 1885, Table Talk, published monthly, was "The American Authority Upon Culinary Topics And Fashions Of The Table." Including Poems, an essay on the virtues of eating Fish, an article on Traveling Cooking Schools..... More
![Item #3477 [TEXTILES] My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book. Roebuck and Co Sears](/pictures/thumb/3477.jpg?v=1678397403)
Sears, Roebuck and Co., c. 1960. Wraps. Unpaginated [20pp.] 22 x 28 cm. Sewing instructional book filled with completed assignments. Handwritten instructions along with completed pieces of work, pinned in to the pages. A wonderful example of the various home economics courses that made up most high school curriculum in..... More
![Item #3449 [GERMAN COOKBOOK] [MANUSCRIPT] Illustrirtes Kock-Notis-Buch for gute Hausfrauen](/pictures/thumb/3449.jpg?v=1674570792)
Leipzig: J.G. Bach, 1887-1930. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 13.5 cm.Translation: Illustrated Cooking Notebook for Good Housewives. Illustrated notebook filled with handwritten recipes - two separate hands. Dates indicate this was used between the years 1887 to 1930. Four separate handwritten recipes laid in along with a hand written letter in..... More
Boston: Dana Estes and Co., 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. One of the original instructors at the Boston Cooking School (1879), Parloa went on to become an influential teacher and writer, ultimately helping to create the curriculum for Home Economics that was widely adopted by public schools and colleges. Covering subjects..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 578 pages. 19 x 13.5 cm. Mary J. Lincoln, a culinary celebrity at the time of the book’s publication, was the predecessor of her student, Fannie Farmer (Boston Cooking School Cookbook). With this celebrity status and the rise of branded products..... More
![Item #3383 [WOMEN] [MISSIONARY] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [ALS] Women's Missionary Union Letters & Photographs](/pictures/thumb/3383.jpg?v=1670693163)
1920. Two handwritten letters and 10 small black and white photos. Two letters, one each from Missionaries Alice Wishart and Lucy Powel. Both letters are addressed to Mrs. J.E. Shoemaker of Philadelphia. The letters talk of their work in India and the financial strain on the missionaries and the Indian..... More