Rabbit-Shaped Tin Cookie Cutter
Scope and Content
This collection contains a toy cooking set featured in the 1937 Sears Christmas Wish Book, along with a companion cookbook for young girls. The toys include various pans and cooking utensils, as well as a cookbook titled The Little Cook Book Featuring Little Recipes for Little Girls, written by Leone Ann Heuer, cooking expert for Sears, Roebuck and Co. In the booklet, secrets of success are outlined-"a pinch means as much as you can hold between the tip of your thumb and first finger when pressed tightly together"-followed by ten recipes all proportioned for the small user: bread and rolls, nut bread, baking powder biscuits, orange marmalade biscuits, plain muffins, chocolate feather cake, gold coast cake, sugar cookies, pie crust, and apple pie. Utensils included are 1-cup size revolving flour sifter, graduated measuring cup, wood bread board, 10-inch rolling pin, real egg beater, cookie sheet, 4-cup muffin pan, tube cake, bread and fry pans, pie tin, various round baking pans, a potato masher, and two cookie cutters.
Dates
- [ca. 1937]
Creator
- From the Collection: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: Heuer, Leone Ann (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu