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The Frugal Housewife
Carter, Susannah. The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete Woman Cook: Wherein the art of Dressing all Sorts of Viands, with Cleanli |
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The first cookbooks published in America were reprinted from English works. Susannah Carter’s The Frugal Housewife, originally published in London, was one of the first cookbooks printed in America. Her work features a full alphabetical index for more than 500 recipes, providing a fascinating snapshot of mid-18th century Anglo-American culinary practice.
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Anonymous - Boy with a Piece of Fruit, Probably a Peach Daguerreotype (1/6 plate)/ 1850c/ France
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Peachy keen image. Little boy stands on cushion for additional height. His outfit is just outrageous. He hold a peach or an orange (or some other fruit) in his hand. Plain cloth backdrop.
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Anonymous - Boy Serving Coffee to a Woman
Ambrotype (1/4 plate)/ France
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Lovely hand-tinted ambrotype of a young boy pouring coffee into a cup held by a woman. In a plaster cast frame with tortoise shell inset.
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Anonymous - Boy Serving Wine to a Man
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Lovely hand-tinted ambrotype of a young boy pouring wine into a glass held by a man. In a plaster cast frame with tortoise shell inset.
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Anonymous - A Bread Vendor in Argentina
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Early South American genre image. Boy stand jauntily with his leg up on the wagon wheel, as his father sits back and hold the reins. The horse looks a bit tired. The cart has a sign that reads: Panaderia la Flor. There is another similar cart to the rear left.
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The American Marketplace (1867)
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Guides to Eastern produce and meat markets trace the growing wealth and variety of food available to American consumers after the Civil War. This guide was written by Thomas De Voe, head butcher of New York City’s historic Jefferson Market, which still exists today.
Thomas Farrington De Voe. The Market Assistant, Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. |
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Anonymous (French) - Woman Holding up Berries or Grapes
Autochrome (1/4 plate)/ 1910c/ France
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Attractive young woman draped in what appears to be silk holds up red berries or grapes. A bit of breast shows through the light veil covering her nude upper body. There are bright poppy flowers on the table, which is wrapped up in colourful cloth.
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Anonymous - Mother & Children Eating Fruit
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Anonymous (French) - Vegetable Still Life
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Although there is a greenish cast to this image, the still life itself is quite marvelous.
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Home Economists at Work |
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Because many immigrant working class children were not able to finish public school, the message about nutrition tended to reach middle class children. It was in the college setting that these students learned more about proteins, nutrients, and calories. In this 1917 photo, students in a food laboratory in the home economics building at Cornell are preparing 100-calorie portions of food.
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Alcoholism and Degeneration
The Scientific Temperance Federation. Alcoholism and Degeneration. Boston, ca. 1910.
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Presenting the "scientific" evidence for the genetic hazards of alcohol consumption, this card shows how temperance organizations used printed propaganda to advance their agenda |
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