![Item #3606 [NEW HAMPSHIRE] [FARM] [DIARY] The Standard DAILY REMINDER](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3606.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683041580)
Cambridge, MASS. THE STANDARD DIARY COMPANY, 1939. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 17 x 10 cm. A intriguing account of life on a farm in New England in 1939 at the outset of World War II. Our diarist writes everyday, beginning with the weather, followed by the various tasks he has completed during..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc., 1942. Folded. Unpaginated, 14 x 11 cm. Beginning with a letter addressed to Mrs. Housewife, from Mrs. Knox herself, Mrs. Knox's Sugar-Less Desserts and Salads markets the Knox products to the women of America who are consuming less sugar due to the..... More
![Item #3672 [POLITICS] [CHINA] MEMBER - HUMANITY LEGION - BOWL OF RICE PARTY - PIN; S.F....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3672.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686223924)
San Francisco: Humanity League, 1938. Pinback Button. Issued as part of a fundraising effort to defend China from Japan's Invasion. Front clean, back with some rust. More
![Item #3947 [POSTER] [WWI] HUNGER; United States Food Administration. Henry Patrick Raleigh, Artist](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3947.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698180974)
Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., 1918. 74 x 53.5 cm. "For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium - Will you eat less wheat, meat, fats and sugar that we may still send food in ship loads?" US Food Administration issued many posters to encourage Americans to help..... More
![Item #4977 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] OPERATION COOKIE LIFT COOKIE BOOK. Doris Vick, the Burbank High...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4977.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1773782824)
Sun Valley, CA: Evelyn's Multicopy & Printing Service, c.1967. Spiral bound wraps. 98 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed to community members. Operation Cookie Lift was a project started in January, 1966 by the Burbank High P.T.A. for Burbank High Schools alumni serving in the armed forces..... More
![Item #4264 [JAPANESE-AMERICAN] [MILITARY] [MENU] WRIGHT'S HOTEL, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN; BILL OF FARE -...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4264.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1718832433)
Yokohama, Japan: 1905. Cards. 28 x 15 cm. Sometimes a Menu is more than a mere piece of ephemera, sometimes these pieces of paper give us a glimpse into the past that surprises us and shines a light on the events that were underway at the time. This menu is..... More
![Item #3666 [MANUSCRIPT] [DANISH] [MILITARY] 19th Century Journal - Danish/German. Laue Jensen Dixen](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3666.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686083954)
1848-1851. Sewn binding. 16 x 11 cm. This journal belonged to Laue Jensen Dixon (once written Lauety), who was a member of the 10th Infantry Battalion from 1848 to 1851, after which he became part of the Gendarmerie. Dixen appears to have traveled around Denmark and Germany and was most..... More
Chicago, IL: Jaques Manufacturing Co., [1940-1942]. staplebound, backed with cloth tape. 28 pages, 21 cm x 10 cm. This KC Baking Powder Grocer’s Want Book was published between 1940 and 1942, and was given out complimentary to grocers alongside their purchases of KC Baking Powder to stock their stores. The..... More
New York: JOHN WANAMAKER, c. 1917. Staplebound. 64 pages. 15 x 11.5 cm. Introduction by Woodrow Wilson and essay by Herbert Hoover, acting Food Commissioner. Referring to the Women of America as the "Soldiers of the Home", Hoover states: "Many must go into battle, but many can only remain at..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbott’s “Little Corner Store” was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbott’s “Little Corner Store” was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During..... More
![Item #4775 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] POT LUCK. Mrs. Lawrence McKeever Miller, Mrs. J. Henry Harper,...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4775.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764880892)
New York: THE NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE U.S., 1942. Cover Design: Ernest Koenig. First Edition. Staplebound. 79 pages. 23 x 15 .5 cm. This community cookbook brings together recipes contributed by local residents alongside those from notable establishments such as the New York..... More
![Item #2509 [WOMEN] [WWI] Report of the Secretary of the War Work Council; Delivered at the Annual...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2509.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619026891)
New York: National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association. Staplebound. 16 pages. 17.5 x 11 cm. Stamped on cover: UNITED WAR WORKERS CAMPAIGN Nov. 11-19. During W.W.I, the YWCA was on the seven non-governmental organizations that participated in the United War Workers Campaign, and the only one fully dedicated..... More
![Item #4471 [PAPAL EDICT] [LENT] ADVERTENCIAS IMPORTANTES, Y AVISOS SALUDABLES, QUE PARA LA...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4471.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733259399)
Córdoba, Spain: D. Juan de Medina, c. 1779. Sewn binding. 62 pages. 16 x 11 cm. Scarce Cordoba printing of the Papal Letter allowing the Giving of Alms in Place of Lenten Fasting. Due to the American Revolutionary War and the broader global conflict involving Spain, Britain, and the American..... More
New York: c. 1915. Staplebound. Unpaginated [17 pp.] 15 x 8.5 cm. Due to rationing, many products, including sugar, The Dromedary Food Company created this booklet to illustrate how one could use dates, cocoanut, and tapioca as substitutes for a wide range of recipes. Laid in - a two page..... More
![Item #3939 [BROADSIDE] DON'T BUY BOMBS WHEN YOU BUY BREAD!; BOYCOTT "WONDER BREAD"! and Hostess...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3939.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697812703)
San Francisco: WOMEN strike for PEACE, c. 1969. Loose_leaf. 35 x 21 cm. "THESE PRODUCTS ARE MADE BY CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY WHICH IS WHOLLY OWNED BY INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY." Women Strike for Peace, S.F. Women for Peace and S.F. Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom issued this..... More