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Ransom's Family Receipt Book [1888]

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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 H. B. Seely, Jerome, Ohio, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Drugs, Medicines, Toilet and Fancy Goods, Hats, Caps, Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware, etc."
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_dransomson3
Citation
Ransom's Family Receipt Book [1888]. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at https://lib.msu.edu/sliker/object/1207
Copyright
This item is in the public domain.
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