Name/Title
Handwritten Cookbook 'Recipes, My Friend's and My Own', early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2003.38.18Description
ACC. NO. 03.38.18
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: BOOK, COOK
DESCRIPTION: HARD-BOUND BOOK WITH ILLUSTRATED BUCKRAM COVER WHICH HAS THE CAPTION, "RECIPES, MY FRIEND'S AND MY OWN," IN BLACK, GREEN, AND RED-COLORED TYPE.
SIZE: L 9" X W 7"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: ILLUSTRATED COOKBOOK, WHICH ORIGINALLY HELD BLANK PAGES WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY FILLED OUT IN HANDWRITING WITH FAVORITE RECIPES OF THE OWNER AND HER FRIENDS. COOKBOOK ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO MRS. FRED LINDERMAN, MOTHER OF MABEL KOLLMYER. MRS LINDERMAN (NEE THORNTON) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ABEL, WHO ONCE FARMED ON WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS LIBERTY AVENUE IN ALAMEDA.
DONOR: ESTATE OF MABEL KOLLMYER
CATALOGED: APRIL 12, 2003
