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Ransom's Family Receipt Book [1886]

Publisher: D. Ransom, Son and Co. (Buffalo, N.Y.)

Keyterm: Cooking for the Sick

Brand: Dr. Ransom's Medicines

Language: English

Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker

Filename: msuspcsbs_drra_dransomson2

Citation: Ransom's Family Receipt Book [1886]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at https://lib.msu.edu/sliker/object/1206

Copyright: This item is in the public domain.

Publication Date: 1886

Description: The front cover reads, "It contains many cooking, coloring, painting, and miscellaneous receipts - A calendar, interest and other rules - And many facts worth knowing. New Every Year." The center of the cover has a small beehive. Victorian decorations are in each corner. The title and illustrations are framed by two thin black lines. Orange-brown stock. The back has a calendar and a promo for "D. Ransom, Son, and Co. Celebrated Family Medicines sold by Knight and Dakin, Sharon, Conn., Dealers in Pure Drugs. Medicines. Perfumery. Toilet and Fancy Articles. And all Druggists' Sundries." Index for receipts from 1883 to 1885 on back end page.