Kerr Home Canning Book
Description:
The front panel has a brown woven placement with a green background. In front of loose grapes are an empty jar, a jar of canned peaches, and a smaller one of jelly. In the bottom right corner is Price 15 cents. The back panel has fresh yellow and green beans, ears of corn, four leaves, and three bright red tomatoes. The background is green. In front of the produce are two jars (one of canned corn and one of beans). The front end page has a signed typed letter Dedicated to homemakers everywhere signed by Ruth Kerr. The company name and address are below. Page one has Psalm 68:19 with ceramic minister and wife surrounded by produce and canned produce. There are black and white line drawings and photos on the canning processes. There are color photos of the canned produce or the produce being used or laid out in a table setting. Page 46-53 has Answers to your canning questions. Page 56 and the back end page have an advertisement for Kerr products. There is an insert titled Instructions for hot and cold pack canning.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Printer: Western Lithograph Co. (Wichita, Kan.)
Brand Name: Kerr Jars
Publisher: Kerr Glass Manufacturing Co. (Los Angeles, Calif., Sand Spring, Okla., Hungtington, W.Va.)
1950
56 p.
24.1 x 16.8 cm
Leaflets
Language: English
Key Terms:
- Appliances
- Canning
- Colored Illustrations
- Drawn Illustrations Black and White
- Preserving
- Recipes
- Typed Letters Signed
Copyright: This item is under copyright.
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Citation: Kerr Home Canning Book. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=3289

