<I>What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1881
name: label: Written by
content: Abby Fisher, American, 1832 - before 1920
label: Published by
content: Womens' Cooperative Printing Office, American
notes: label: Description
content: This is a small hardcopy book with a red cloth cover. On the front in gilt letters are the words [What / Mrs. Fisher / Knows / About / Old Southern Cooking]. The words "What" and "Know" are surrounded by a rectangular gilt outline. Set at an angle across this rectangle is a second gilt rectangle enclosing the words "Mrs. Fisher." There are abstract floral, wheel, and spindle shaped designs in gilt at both ends of the two rectangles. The cover is textured with small bumps. There are numerous stains scattered across the cover. On the title page is an archival repair to the bottom of the title-page, with a few words provided in facsimile. On the first blank page is a handwritten inscription.
place: label: Place printed
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.40
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper , cloth
label: Dimensions
content: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in. (20 x 14 x 1 cm)