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1800s-1850s

Antique cookbooks, cookbook authors and teachers, recipes, food companies and their products, kitchens and culinary history from the 1800s, 1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.

1800s-1850s

1845 New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book, Mrs. E. A. Howland

1845 New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book, Mrs. E. A. Howland Seymour
Eliza Leslie, cookbook author, at West Point Military Academy in 1824.
1800s-1850s

Eliza Leslie of Philadelphia, 1830s cookbook author, lived at West Point

Eliza Leslie of Philadelphia, 1830s cookbook author, lived at West Point Seymour
Eliza Leslie, cookbook author, at West Point Military Academy in 1824.
1800s-1850s

Eliza Leslie lived for a while @ West Point

Eliza Leslie lived for a while @ West Point Seymour
1800s-1850s

History of Chemical Leavenings

History of Chemical Leavenings Seymour
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

c. 1900 Maysville SC Cooking Classes

c. 1900 Maysville SC Cooking Classes Seymour
1800s-1850s

1898 Invention of Pepsi Cola

1898 Invention of Pepsi Cola Seymour
1800s-1850s

A People’s History Breakfast

A People’s History Breakfast Seymour
1880 Cooking School. Students cooking with kettles, pots and pans as a meal is cooking in the open oven. One women reaches for a pan to do the dishes.
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

1880s

1880s Seymour
1800s-1850s

Victorian Kitchen: Beaulieu’s Palace House

Victorian Kitchen: Beaulieu’s Palace House Seymour
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

Hands-on historic cooking classes

Hands-on historic cooking classes Seymour
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

Pioneer Root Cellar

Pioneer Root Cellar Seymour
how to buy a butter churn - man looking at churn choices in store that has many cats.
1800s-1850s

1860s Butter Churns

1860s Butter Churns Seymour
1810 Pioneer Journey to Ohio.
1800s-1850s / KITCHEN STORIES

1810 Westward Travel Journal

1810 Westward Travel Journal Seymour
Cutting a square of chocolate with a hatchet.
1800s-1850s

Historic Chocolate Caramel Recipes and the Changing Weight of a Square of Chocolate

Historic Chocolate Caramel Recipes and the Changing Weight of a Square of Chocolate Seymour
1800s-1850s

1800s-1900 American Spice

1800s-1900 American Spice Seymour
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

Early kitchen in 1840s Maine home

Early kitchen in 1840s Maine home Seymour
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

1863-1932 Amana Communal Kitchen

1863-1932 Amana Communal Kitchen Seymour
1800s-1850s

Candy Museum

Candy Museum Seymour
Paris.
1800s-1850s

New York Times 200-Year-Old Tour of Gastronomic Paris

New York Times 200-Year-Old Tour of Gastronomic Paris Seymour
1870s wooden corn sheller with a bucket of corn.
1800s-1850s

1870s Corn Sheller

1870s Corn Sheller Seymour
Kitchen scene at Avila Adobe in LA, Cal. Photo by Brenard Gagnon, CC3.
1800s-1850s / Historic Kitchens

1818 Californian Avila Adobe kitchen

1818 Californian Avila Adobe kitchen Seymour

Vintage Cakes &c.

1935 Blue ribbon winner from Hero, Vermont for Sno-Sheen flour.

1935 Winner of the Pillsbury Blue Ribbon, Ella Way

September 4, 2023November 7, 2023

Dainty Dishes booklet by Maria Parloa.

Maria Parloa COOKBOOKS and BOOKLETS

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023

Watermelon Cake.

1930s New Party Cakes for All Occasions – Gold Medal – Watermelon Cake, etc. – Betty Crocker cake recipe booklet

March 23, 2023October 9, 2023

Boy and a girl eating sandwiches.

The Versatility of Baker’s Yeast: Uncovering Forgotten Uses from Yeast Booklets on eBay

August 2, 2022August 15, 2023

c. 1920: A Selection of Choice Recipes

January 5, 2014August 25, 2023

Kitchen Stories

training a cook, first day luncheon.

Eureka! Cottage Life, Part II: Teaching the Cook, 1880s

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

Davy Crockett's Tennessee log cabin.

Meal to Meal with Davy Crockett

August 13, 2023August 18, 2023

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