"Colonial Fireplace Cooking & Early American Recipes," 1979
THF242846 / "Colonial Fireplace Cooking & Early American Recipes," 1979 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
Since its opening in 1929, the restored Clinton Inn (now Eagle Tavern) in Greenfield Village featured several period-room exhibits -- including a "colonial kitchen" with a large open fireplace. During the 1970s, adult education classes were held here, taught by instructor Margaret Chalmers. Chalmers, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, later published this cookbook of recipes used in these classes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Book
Date Made
1979
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Written by Margaret Taylor Chalmers. Published by Shoestring Press, East Lansing, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2015.0.18.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.625 in
Width: 8.625 in
Inscriptions
On cover:
Colonial fireplace / Cooking & Early / American Recipes / Margaret Taylor Chalmers / (Greenfield Village Cook)
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Related Content
SetPast Lives of the Eagle Tavern
- 19 Artifacts
This tavern, constructed 1831-2 in Clinton, Michigan, was originally a stagecoach stop on the Detroit-to-Chicago road. In 1927, Henry Ford purchased the run-down building from resident Ella Smith -- the daughter of Walter Smith, who had run the hostelry as Smith's Hotel between 1868 and 1896. Moved to Greenfield Village, the restored and renamed Clinton Inn opened in 1929.