Subject: Cooking, American--History--20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 volume (72 pages)
Abstract:: Nobel Prize-winning chemist Charles J. Pedersen’s “Food Book No. 1” contains thirty-eight pages of gastronomical entries, including lists of food items on hand, comments on recipes, and items in the refrigerator or freezer, all arranged by date.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 volume (approximately 120 pages)
Abstract:: This small, early- to mid-twentieth-century manuscript contains numerous clippings for desserts, household hints, and other topics related to the home, as well as several handwritten recipes.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Hannah Borg, a Swedish immigrant to the United States, kept this English and Swedish recipe book from the 1920s to the 1940s.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This manuscript recipe book was created by Augusta W. Pinkus of Long Island, New York, between 1916 and 1923.

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Extent:: 28 item
Abstract:: The Jones-Minsinger Gelatin and convenience food ephemera collection contains recipe booklets and advertisements promoting Jell-O and Royal-brand gelatin as well as other convenience foods dating from the 1910s to the 1980s.

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Extent:: 0.33 linear foot
Abstract:: This collection consists of cookbooks, recipe booklets, and newspaper clippings with household hints incorporating brand-name products, dating from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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