The Toll House, Whitman, Massachusetts, circa 1945
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Ruth Wakefield was a dietitian and food lecturer until she and her husband Kenneth opened the Toll House Inn restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930. At the Toll House Inn, Wakefield served home-cooked meals for tourists and local customers. And, in the late 1930s, she "invented" what would become America's favorite cookie -- the chocolate chip.
Ruth Wakefield was a dietitian and food lecturer until she and her husband Kenneth opened the Toll House Inn restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930. At the Toll House Inn, Wakefield served home-cooked meals for tourists and local customers. And, in the late 1930s, she "invented" what would become America's favorite cookie -- the chocolate chip.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1945
Subject Date
circa 1945
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2019.150.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.3125 in
Width: 5.3125 in
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