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Rare books from the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections

Featured Resources

Isabella Mary Beeton. Mrs. Beeton's every-day cookery and housekeeping book: A practical and useful guide for all mistress and servants. London : Ward, Lock, [1872?] []

Clarence Cook. The House Beautiful. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co., 1878 []

A. J. Downing. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. New York: Orange Judd & Co., 1859. []

Laura C. Holloway. The Hearthstone, or Life at Home. Philadelphia: Bradley Garretson and Co., 1883. []

Jones, C. S. and Henry T. Williams. Ladies鈥� Fancy Work: Hints and Helps to Home Taste and Recreations. New York: Henry T. Williams, 1876. []

Maria Parloa. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book and Marketing Guide. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1880. []

Margaret Sangster. The Art of Home-Making. New York: The Christian Herald Bible House, 1898. []

Overview of exhibits on the top shelf

Clarence Cook. The House Beautiful (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co., 1878).

A. J. Downing. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (New York: Orange Judd & Co., 1859).

Scene on Glenwood Avenue (in Toledo's Old West End)

Laura C. Holloway. The Hearthstone, or Life at Home. (Philadelphia: Bradley Garretson and Co., 1883).

Illustration. Source: Godey鈥檚 Lady鈥檚 Book (Philadelphia, Pa.: L. A. Godey, 1840-1892)

Overview of exhibits on the middle shelf

Unidentified calendar portrait. Source: Donald D. Duhaime Collection, MSS-077

Embroidered Designs (Illustration). Source: Godey鈥檚 Lady鈥檚 Book (Philadelphia, Pa.: L.A. Godey, 1840-1892)

Books and illustrations on cooking

LEFT: Maria Parloa. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book and Marketing Guide (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1880); RIGHT: Isabella Mary Beeton. Mrs. Beeton's Every-day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: A Practical and Useful Guide for All Mistress and Servants (London : Ward, Lock, [1872?])

Dining table setup (illustration). Source: Isabella Mary Beeton. Mrs. Beeton's Every-day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: A Practical and Useful Guide for All Mistress and Servants (London : Ward, Lock, [1872?])

Desserts (illustration). Source: Isabella Mary Beeton. Mrs. Beeton's Every-day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: A Practical and Useful Guide for All Mistress and Servants (London : Ward, Lock, [1872?])

Overview of exhibits on the bottom shelf

Jones, C. S. and Henry T. Williams. Ladies鈥� Fancy Work: Hints and Helps to Home Taste and Recreations (New York: Henry T. Williams, 1876).

Margaret Sangster. The Art of Home-Making. (New York: The Christian Herald Bible House, 1898).

Portrait by Howard Pyle, from the Calendar of Famous Artists

Fashion (Illustration). Source: Godey鈥檚 Lady鈥檚 Book (Philadelphia, Pa.: L.A. Godey, 1840-1892)