Ann Batchelder (1885–1955)

american Treasures of the Library of Congress. $1.00/year Butterick brought women across the country the latest styles & homemaking news. For 25-35 cents women in Nebraska or California could recreate the clothes of Parisian haute monde. 1873-1937, it appeared in French, German & Spanish eds. Brought aspects of American attitudes & a way of life to the Western world.

Delineator Institute.

This copy paired with a modern kitchen guide by the owner is loaded with her handwritten recipes.

Breezy, chatty little thing. Edition is 6 x 4, bound with spiral wire. Mama wrote in it "Winter Williams 1942" though she bought it in the 1950s. Also found one of her homemade recipe cards, decorated with green apples...cute!