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Aunt Jenny's favorite recipes, Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

GUSN

GUSN-317669

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Description

Spry Vegetable Shortening is used in the recipes for frying, main dishes, breads and desserts. Actress Edith Spencer played "Aunt Jenny" on the radio and in cookbooks and advertisements for the shortening.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
recipes
food
broadcast advertising
broadcasters
women (female humans)
cookbooks

Physical Description

1 cookbook, 49 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 7 1/4 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.14.006

Image Dimensions

7 1/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of W.R. Carr, March 2010.

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Lever Brothers Company (Publisher)

Material Type

cookbooks

Subjects

Cooking
Baking
Oils and fats, Edible

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

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