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History of Canadian Cookbooks

Revolutions In The Kitchen

Science in the Kitchen

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Cover of catalogue reading MCCLARY'S ENAMEL AND TIN KITCHEN WARE, CATALOGUE NO. 82
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Page 242 of catalogue, CATALOGUE OF ENAMELED, TIN AND OTHER KITCHEN WARES, with an ad for the FAMOUS QUEEN oil stove
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Page 243 of catalogue, CATALOGUE OF ENAMELED, TIN AND OTHER KITCHEN WARES, with an ad for lamp stoves
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McClary Mfg. Co. Catalogue of Enameled, Tin and Other Kitchen Wares, no. 82. Toronto: McClary's, [1913]

McClary's had already been manufacturing kitchenware for 65 years when this all-inclusive catalogue was published in 1913. It includes the latest in oil and gas cooking stoves.

Cover of book, WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE: A HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS IN ALBERTA
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Page 126 of book, WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE: A HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS IN ALBERTA, with a photograph of five home economists standing beside the mobile HEART OF THE HOME trailer, and part of a text on home economics in Alberta
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Norma Bannerman. What's Past Is Prologue: A History of Home Economics in Alberta. Calgary: Alberta Home Economics Association, 1981

Rural electrification and the expanding use of electric and gas appliances in both rural and urban areas created significant changes for the homemaker and the work of the home economist (p. 23). The first electric range was built in Canada in 1921, although electricity was not available in many parts of rural Canada until the 1930s or even later.

Cover of cookbook, THE CENTENNIAL FOOD GUIDE: A CENTURY OF GOOD EATING, COMPRISING AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, with a photograph of shelves filled with various kinds of food and cooking utensils
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Title page of cookbook, THE CENTENNIAL FOOD GUIDE: A CENTURY OF GOOD EATING, COMPRISING AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, with an illustration of four toddlers eating
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Unumbered page of cookbook, THE CENTENNIAL FOOD GUIDE: A CENTURY OF GOOD EATING, COMPRISING AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, with five illustrations showing the evolution of cookstoves over the course of a century
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Unumbered page of cookbook, THE CENTENNIAL FOOD GUIDE: A CENTURY OF GOOD EATING, COMPRISING AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS, with a reproduction of catalogue excerpts from various eras offering several types of cookstoves for sale
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Pierre Berton and Janet Berton. The Centennial Food Guide: A Century of Good Eating, Comprising an Anthology of Writings About Food and Drink Over the Past Hundred Years.... Toronto: Canadian Centennial Pub. Co., 1966

This book features a sample of advertisements for stoves from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Date Created: 2005-06-28
Date Modified: 2005-06-28

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