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    All about your new General Electric refrigerator : plus tempting recipes you'll love!

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    Promotional pamphlet with instructions and recipes for General Electric refrigerator models LD87K, LC-87, LD-87, LC-70, LB-92, LA-92 and LA-76.

    641747

  • Oxnard Blvd. on the new Roosevelt Highway, Oxnard, Calif

    Oxnard Blvd. on the new Roosevelt Highway, Oxnard, Calif

    Visual Materials

    Image of automobiles lined along the business district at the 700 block of Oxnard Boulevard, on the Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway), with visible signs for New China chop suey, groceries and a pool hall labeled "Pool Hall, put Eastside inside, the perfect brew." A billboard for all-steel refrigerators from General Electric sold by Fred C. Snodgrass is visible at right.

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    The Calumet baking book

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    Promotional booklet with recipes for Calumet Baking Powder and other General Foods products.

    641602

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    Wear-Ever : new method cooking instruction book

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    Includes approximately 150 recipes, use and care guides, including instructions for use with gas, electric, coal, and kerosene ranges.

    641840

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    Historical manuscript dealing with a southern California enterprise and its founder Earl H. Richardson

    Manuscripts

    The manuscript, which was written as a tribute to Earl H. Richardson, covers the entire history of Richardson's work with electric appliances. Starting with his first invention of the Hotpoint iron and opening his own company in 1906, it continues through General Electric's purchase of the company in 1927 and his death in 1934. The author, who had worked for Richardson for over thirty years, includes details about Richardson's life, his various inventions, the company's operations and employees, the growth of the company, and the history of Ontario, California. Also included is an obituary for Earl H. Richardson. The manuscript is illustrated with photographs.

    mssHM 66798

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    Dinner for Eight, color, 1934. [Mrs. Mortimer Jones prepares "Dinner for Eight"]

    Manuscripts

    Southern California Edison promotional film features a housewife preparing dinner for eight persons at short notice. She uses her modern electrical appliances in her kitchen to prepare the meal easily and still make her afternoon theater reservations. "Dinner for Eight" was the second experimental film of any kind made using the Technicolor process, done in 1934 as a test and shown in theatres by Edison as an advertisement for electric appliances. Format of original: Reel (see DVD copy)

    SCE MP 608