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Portland, ME: A. S. Hinds, 1907. Staplebound. Unpaginated. [16 pp.] 15 x 8.5 cm. Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream was formulated in the late 1870's by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine while working in a drugstore - it was a huge success and was bought out in 1907 by..... More
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Boston: Huntington Chambers, 1936. Staplebound. 53 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Miss Farmer's School of Cookery trained women from diverse backgrounds with classes covering household management, sanitation, and advanced gourmet cookery. Before joining the school staff, Alice Bradley was a student at the Boston Cooking School, where she helped test..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. 368 pages. Primarily focused on pesticides' effects on the ecosystems, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, helped bring a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides while sparking the movement that ultimately led to the creation of the US Environmental Protections Agency (EPA). Laid..... More
Edinburgh: William Gordon, 1758. Hardcover. 436 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. Medical theory and practice developed rapidly during the mid 1700's and advances in the printing press helped spread scholarship by disseminating both new and long-standing theories of medical concepts. Mackenzie applies this principle by including the history of medicine..... More
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Baltimore, MD: McCormick & Co., 1933. Staplebound. 12 pages. 15 x 11 cm. Bringing the laboratory into the home - What we think of today as a spice company, McCormick & Co. started out selling door-to-door - with an array of products. Descriptions of composition and use of Reliable Brand..... More
c. 1920. Loose_leaf. 28 x 20 cm. Illustrated broadside put forward in the summer of 1920 to urge their Policyholders to be proactive about the dangers of flies. Crease to center, otherwise clean. More
Chicago: Northwestern Yeast Co., c. 1920. Staplebound. 12 pages. 15 x 10 cm. As food production was starting to be taken out of the home, yeast producers needed a way to sell more of their product and began to heavily advertise their product as an "Aid to Health" Yeast was..... More
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New York: George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1858. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 65 pages. 19 x 12 cm. [Wouldst Know Thyself, Or, The Outlines of Human Physiology : Designed for the Your of Both Sexes] Profusely illustrated with a series of lessons on anatomy and physiology for children..... More
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New York: George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1858. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 65 pages. 19 x 12 cm. [Wouldst Know Thyself, Or, The Outlines of Human Physiology : Designed for the Your of Both Sexes] Profusely illustrated with a series of lessons on anatomy and physiology for children..... More
New York: The Borden Company, c. 1923. Staplebound. 24 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. A comprehensive pamphlet extolling the virtues of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as the solution for malnutrition in young children. Description of malnutrition and it's causes, children's food requirements, sample menus, recipes, analysis of growing boys, and..... More
New York: THE GOODHUE COMPANY, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Williams book was a critical examination of alcohol prohibition, warning of unintended consequences such as the rise of illicit liquor and substitution with more harmful substances. William's nuanced approach distinguished between different types of drugs..... More