Kerr Home Canning Book And How To Freeze Foods [1955]
Description:
The front panel has a green background with the tile in white lettering except for Kerr which is in red. There is a fruit plate in the background behind an empty Kerr jar, cap, and lid. In the upper right hand corner is Price 25ยข. In the lower right hand corner is the rest of the title: and how to freeze food. The back panel has a green background with an empty canning jar, lid, and cap with tomatoes and corn on the cob around it. The front end page had a picture of Ruth Kerr and a typed signed letter from her to Dear Homemaker:. The company name and address are below. The opposite page has a basket of peaches with blossoms behind and a jar of canned peaches to the right. Page 56 and the back end page are an advertisement for Kerr products. There are black and white line drawings and photos on the canning processes. There are color photos on jars of canned produce some with loose produce and presentation of food used from jars. Pages 47-54 have Answers to your canning questions. Separate sheet for Directions enclosed.
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.)
1955
56 p.
24.1 x 8.6 cm
Leaflets
Language: English
Key Terms:
- Appliances
- Canning
- Drawn Illustrations Color
- 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 And How To Freeze Foods [1955]. 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=3295

