A Day in a Colonial Home
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About This Book
Originally published in 1922, this little book gives a window on life in the Colonial home, where the center of the household was in the kitchen. Includes a chapter on "How to Build a Colonial Kitchen."
Chapters (38)
- A DAY IN A COLONIAL HOME
- PREFACE
- HOW THE STORY CAME TO BE WRITTEN
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- A Day in a Colonial Home
- HOW TO BUILD A COLONIAL KITCHEN IN SCHOOL, LIBRARY OR MUSEUM
- APPENDIX
- FIGURE 1
- FIGURE 2
- FIGURE 3
- FIGURE 4
- FIGURE 5
- FIGURE 6
- FIGURE 7
- FIGURE 8
- FIGURE 9
- FIGURE 10
- FIGURE 11
- FIGURE 12
- FIGURE 13
- FIGURE 14
- FIGURE 15
- FIGURE 16
- FIGURE 17
- FIGURE 18
- FIGURE 19
- FIGURE 20
- FIGURE 21
- FIGURE 22
- FIGURE 23
- FIGURE 24
- FIGURE 25
- FIGURE 26
- FIGURE 27
- PLATE I Colonial Kitchen in the Newark Museum
- PLATE II Colonial Fireside
- PLATE III Domestic Industry
- PLATE IV Tea Time
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