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Blue & Grey Cookery Authentic Recipes from The Civil War Years
AuthorGowan, Hugh & Judy Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionCooking in the past depended upon a mixture of intuition and common sense. Recipes include, soups, stews, one-pot meals, meats, poultry, game, vegetables, side-dishes, breads, biscuits, buns, cakes, pies and other desserts.Call NumberTX715Publisher
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Collecting Antique Pewter -What to Look for and What to Avoid
DescriptionThis book written and published byThe Pewter Collectorrs' Club of Amerca to help educate present and future about the pros and cons of collecting antique pewter. It includes chapters on " Fakes, Forgeries & Reproductions". The book also contains a glossary of terms, bibliography, and index.Call NumberNK8404 C69PublisherISBN139780978725600
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New Castle On The Delaware
AuthorNew Castle Historical Society Foreward by Edward W. Cooch, Jr., President of the New Castle Historical Society.DescriptionThe third edition of this book, New Castle on the Delaware was published on the eve of the Bicenntennial of American Independnce. It has information about the distinguished citizens of the town who played roles in the signing of the Declaration of Independence: George Read and Thomas McKean. It also includes many other historical facts of the town that have been updated from the 1st two editions.Call NumberF174.N5 F42Publisher
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Delaware Discoveries Girlhood Embroidery 1750 1850
AuthorAllen, Gloria Seaman Steinhoff, Cynthia ShankCall NumberNK9112 .A44 2019PublisherISBN9780692154083The Universal Penman Engraved by George Bickham
AuthorBickham, George Hofer, Philip EssayistCall NumberZ43 .B58 1743aPublisherISBN0486206165American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2009Vol. 34, No. 1
DescriptionFurniture Forensics: Tool Marks As EvidenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aHistoric House Museums: A Practical Handbook for Their Care, Preservation & Management
AuthorButcher Younghans, SherryCall NumberE172 .B88 1993PublisherISBN9780195069525Arts of the United States A Pictorial Survey
AuthorPierson, William Jr.and Davidson, Martha (editors)Call NumberN6505 .P55PublisherComplete Price Guide to Watches 38th Edition
AuthorGilbert, Richard M.,Engle, Tom,Planes,PeterCall NumberNK7492 .C65The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette 1st edition
AuthorTuckerman, Nancy & DunnanCall NumberBJ1853 .T83 1995PublisherISBN9780385413428Country Cabinetwork and Simple City Furniture
AuthorMorse, John D. (editor)DescriptionPublished for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.Call NumberNK2406 .W53†PublisherISBN9780813902982Martin's Hundred (A First Account of One of the Most Important Excavations in American Historical Archaeology
AuthorHume, Ivor NoelDescriptionA First Account of One of the Most Important Excavations in American Historical ArchaeologyCall NumberF234.M378 N63PublisherISBN9780394507286Decorative Arts of the Amish of Lancaster County
AuthorMcCauley, Daniel and KathrynCall NumberNK835.P4 M38PublisherISBN9780934672665Sotheby's 2017 Important Americana The Collection of Joan Oestoeich Kend
AuthorSotheby'sDescriptionFeatures a selection of Americana that Mrs. Kend acquired for her estate in Millbrook. Celebration of form and function, highlighted by vivid Folk portraiture and dramatic, sculptural weathervanes.Call NumberNK1Publisher
The Campbell Museum Collection Camden, NJ
Call NumberNK460.C3 A53PublisherLife at Winterthur: A Du Pont Family Album
AuthorLidz, MaggieCall NumberCT274.D87 L53ISBN9780912724560The American Art Journal Vol.XX No. 4 (Five articles including Saint Memins, James Earl, etc.)
Call NumberN6505 .A618PublisherQuaker Roots
Call NumberBX7601Delaware History Vol. XXV No. 1 1992
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThree articles: 1. "Like Noah's Dove: Susan Rodney and Daily Life in Rural Delaware, 1841-1852. 2; "The the Motion Picture Comes to Wilmington, Part II; Recollections of My Mother and Father and Growing up in Milford, DE, Part III".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherThe Odessa Cookbook
AuthorWomen's Society of St. Paul's Methodist ChurchCall NumberTX715The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-eight 2019
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2019Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Paul Revere's Ride
AuthorFischer, David HackettCall NumberF69.R43 F57 1994PublisherISBN9780195088472St. Georges: Yesterday and Today: A Local History Slide Presentation
Call NumberF174King County and Its Emerald City: Seattle
AuthorWarren, James R.Call NumberF899.S457 W3698 1997PublisherISBN9780965475426American Cookery: or The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry & Vegetables, etc. First edition
AuthorSimmons, AmeliaDescription1st edCall NumberTX703 .S5PublisherISBN155709439XCostume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern 2nd Printing
AuthorBaumgarten, LindaCall NumberTT507 .B38PublisherISBN9780879351885Home Life in Colonial Days
AuthorEarle, Alice MorseDescriptionOriginally published in 1898 a detailed account of how American colonists lived, worked, ate, traveled, prayed and played.Call NumberE162 .E18 1974PublisherISBN9780912944234Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 59, Issue 1 2020
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionThe use of Chelators and Enzymes to Reduce Foxing StainsSharing Conservation Imaging Research with the PublicMechanical characterization of a cross sectional TiO2 acrylic-based paint by nano-indentationThe breathability of PET to water vapor: ThicknesCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherCaring for Your Quilts: Textile Conservation, Repair and Storage
AuthorBone, HollyDescriptionPacks a wealth of information on how to care for your beloved textiles in this handy little volume.Call NumberTT835PublisherISBN9781933466811The Antiques Book
AuthorEdited by Alice Winchester and the staff of the magazine AntiquesDescription†Outstanding, authoritative articles on ceramics, furniture, glass, silver, pewter, architecture, prints and other collecting interests.†Call NumberNK1125 .A6Delaware History Vol. XXXI No.4 2007
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 31, No. 4 has four articles: 1. "Tribute to William H. Williams"; 2. "A House is Not a Home": The Collins Bombing of 1959"; 3. "The Art and Mystery" of Delaware's Apprentice Indentures"; 4. "Bibliography of Delaware History, 2003-2005".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherDelaware History Vol. XXVII, No.4 1997-98
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book has 3 articles: " The Brown Decision and Milford, Delaware, 1954-1965".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherChild Life in Colonial Times
AuthorEarle, Alice MorseCall NumberE162 .E13 2009PublisherISBN9780486471914The Cabinet Makers of America
AuthorBjerkoe, Ethel HallDescriptionLists 2500 American cabinetmakers from colonial times through the Industrial Revolution era with biographies, dates, and locations.†Call NumberNK2500Publisher
Legacy from the Past: A Portfolio of Eighty-eight Original Williamsburg Buildings
AuthorColonial Williamsburg FoundationCall NumberF234.W7PublisherISBN9780910412988
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works July 2011Vol. 36, No. 4
DescriptionAIC in the Heart of Philadelphia.Conservation in the Twenty First Century: Will a Twentieth Century Code of Ethics Suffice?Call NumberN8554 .A53a
