Collections : [University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center]

Item [1] promotes Squire's patent fruit jar and John B. Bartlett company. Includes general directions and tips for preserving fruit using Squire's jars; specific directions for preserving soft fruits, other fruits, tomatoes, corns, peas, beans, and grapes; and illustration of woman in nineteenth century dress canning fruit.

Item [2] promotes Bush & Lane Piano Co. and Wolf & Co. Includes rules for making jelly and canning; recipes for jellies, preserves, and canned products; 96 adhesive labels for jars of 6 different jellies and preserves; advertisements for Bush & Lane's pianos and Cecilians on back and inside covers; and cover illustration of couple in period evening dress. Some recipes include wine, beer, or liquor as an ingredient. Sample recipes: crabapple jelly, pickled peaches, and tutti-frutti.

Item [3] promotes Home Furnace Co.'s products. Includes "Home canning by the cold pack process" by Roberta McNeill of Purdue University; "Canning vegetables in the home" by J.F. Breazeale of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; "Canning meats" by O.H. Benson of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; "Canned fruit, preserves and jellies" by Maria Parloa of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; 200 pregummed fruit jar labels; and 6 p. of advertisements for Home Hot Blast Furnaces, Home Hot Blast Pipeless Heater, and Home Hot Blast Triplex Pipeless Heater (with illustrations). Sample recipes: canned gooseberries, canned rhubarb, and cherries preserved with currant juice.

Item [4] promotes Curtice Brothers canned foods. Includes menus and recipes for breakfast, luncheon, dinner, picnic, automobile hamper, and yachting luncheon; illustrations of various meals with attendees in period dress, serving suggestions, and product packaging. Sample recipes: roast ham à la Curtice, beet and lettuce salad, and pumpkin pie. Defective item: covers missing.

Item [5] promotes Richardson & Robbins (canned) boned chicken. Includes 14 chicken recipes; advertisement for Richardson & Robbins (canned) plum pudding; and illustrations of serving suggestions and product packaging. Sample recipes: chicken mousse, ragout princess, and chicken corn pudding.

Item [6] promotes Florida canned citrus products. Includes suggested uses for Florida canned grapefruit sections, Florida canned grapefruit juice, Florida canned orange juice, and Florida canned citrus salad. Sample recipes: grapefruit foam cocktail, Florida marmalade sauce, and Florida salad mold.

Item [7] promotes Good Luck Jar Rubbers. Includes introduction on advantages of canning foods (making money by selling to neighbors, having food on hand when visitors arrive, etc.); methods and equipment needed for canning; process of canning; how to can fruits, beverages, vegetables, poultry, meat, fish, and soups; directions for making jellies, jams, preserves, marmalades, pickles, relishes and spiced fruits; adhesive jar labels; illustration of fresh and canned fruits and product packaging (back cover); and index. Sample recipes: raspberry shrub, chicken soup, and blueberry jelly.

Item [8] promotes Delane Brown preserved golden figs. Includes offer for 2 dozen 13-oz. cans of figs for $7.60; 4 fig recipes; and serving suggestion illustration. Sample recipes: Delane Brown fig parfait and Delane Brown fig tarts.

Item [9] promotes canned foods. Includes buying guide (list of canned foods under headings first course, main dish, vegetable, and dessert); 18 recipes designed to be cut into 3" x 5" cards with complete menu suggestion on back; and illustration of serving suggestions. Sample recipes: shrimp chop suey, pineapple cake, and veal turnover.