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2.50 Linear Feet (5 small manuscript boxes.)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials from numerous cookware companies for products from pyrex to Teflon products to Tupperware, among many others. Publications date from the 1870s-1994, but the bulk of materials are concentrated in the 1920s-1970s.
Item [1] promotes Schofield's cake griddle. Includes description of small griddle, for 6 cakes, and large griddle, for 8 cakes; advice on use of griddle; pricing information; and patent dates. No recipes.
Item [2] promotes Lisk's Patent Anti-Rusting Tinware. Includes illustrations and product descriptions of various anti-rust products, including pails, dippers, wash basins, dish pans [for washing dishes], tea-kettles, wash boilers [for laundry], sprinklers [watering cans], coffee-pots, tea-pots, coffee boilers, stew-pans, measures [measuring cups], cups, oil cans, bath tubs, toilet sets, and roasters. No recipes. Damaged: front cover/some pages torn, some pages stuck together, water damage near bottom.
Item [3] promotes the Windsor coffee pot. Includes price and size list; and advice on use of coffee pot. No recipes. Damaged: pages separated, front page missing corner and other pages fraying, brittle paper.
Item [4] promotes Guernsey Earthenware. Includes advice on care and use of the cookware; soup, entree, vegetable, egg, and dessert recipes. Some recipes include wine, beer, or liquor as an ingredient. Sample recipes: beefsteak en casserole Rathskaller style, pigeons en casserole, and apple omelet.
Item [5] promotes Griswold Mfg. Co. products from catalogue 45 [reproduction?]. Includes Bulletin No. A5 Cast Aluminum Ware, Bulletin No. E3 Extra Finished Iron Hollow Ware, Bulletin No. W4 Waffle Irons, Bulletin No. D3 Dampers and Stove Hardware, Bulletin No. K3 Household Hardware Specialties, and Bulletin No. R4 Gas Ranges Hot Plates and Heaters; product descriptions, prices, and images; and index. No recipes.
Item [6] promotes American Aluminum Manufacturing Company "1892" aluminum kitchen ware. Includes product descriptions and images; reasons for using aluminum ware; user testimonials; laid-in product price list for catalogue "E"; and laid-in aluminum cooking utensil demonstration newspaper clipping. No recipes.
Item [7] promotes the Rapid Fireless Cooker. Includes ten reasons for owning Rapid Fireless Cooker; images of men, women, and children in period dress; signed and sealed guarantee by William Campbell; Good Housekeeping Institute certification; Ladies' Home Journal article excerpt; letter by Alexandra Campbell; user testimonials; advice on use of cooker; advice on using cooker as freezer; breakfast, soup, meat, vegetable, pudding, and seafood recipes; and recipes for canning. Sample recipes: parsnip balls, stuffed heart, and lentil soup. Damaged: missing cover, detached pages, water damage.
Item [8] promotes Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co. "Wear-Ever" aluminum utensils. Includes product descriptions and images; list of contents of "Wear-Ever" camp cooking outfits; telegraph order code phrase list; syllable code for expressing numbers; and index. No recipes.