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Metadata
Catalog Number |
BE2009.1.47 |
Object Name |
Cookbook |
Title |
Recipe Book: Toronto Girls' Friendly Society |
Summary |
A sixty page recipe book entitled "Toronto Girls' Friendly Society, Recipe Book"; fastened together with two staples. The cover is textured off-white paper with blue printing. The cover has the title, a row of decorative designs and a shield with "Girl's Friendly Society, Founded An Dom 1875". Pages are heavy white book paper, except first and last sheets which are clay coat. The first page is a reproduction of a diploma from Cincinnati Milk Show 1909. The second page is an advertisement for Holt Renfrew fur storage. The third page is a poem about cooks and dining. The fourth page is an index and fifth to eight is a 'Time Table for Cooking'. Pages 7 to 58 are recipes. There is one blank sheet then an advertisement for Queen Quality Shoes. The last page is an advertisement for Maple Leaf Milling Company. |
History |
Most likely belonged to Naomi Harris of Benares. The Girls' Friendly Society is an international, not-for-profit organization founded in England in 1875 by Mary Elizabeth Townsend. The Society, the first organization for women in the Church in England, was created to help support unmarried girls through friendship and recreation in accordance to Christian fellowship and service. According to a 1896 article of Toronto Star there was a Canadian branch of the Girls Friendly Society in which Mrs. S.G. Woods was named as Dominion President. In 1901 there were five known branches in the Toronto area (?): Holy Trinity, St Simons, Church of Redeemer, St George and St Barnabas. Ref: www.gfsusa.org |
Subjects |
Recipe book Recipes |
People |
Harris, Naomi |