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The British Women’s Co-operative Guild was first founded in 1883, and it became a model for the retail co-operatives that were founded across the Prairie provinces in the early twentieth century. These retail co-ops joined to form provincial…

Used as both a reference book and textbook in Alberta junior and senior high schools from 1940 to 1984 (“Alberta School”), the Canadian Cook Book, which started as a prescriptive textbook, eventually became a staple in Canadian households…

Buckskin Cookery was originally self-published by Gwen Lewis of Quesnel, British Columbia, in 1957. It consists of two volumes: “The Pioneer Section” and “The Hunter Section.” In reality these two groups overlapped greatly, as…

This cookbook, published in four editions by the St. Josaphat’s Ladies’ Auxiliary, offers a glimpse into Edmonton’s Ukrainian community through the 1940s and early '50s (this edition, the third, is probably from 1954). It includes…

This cookbook was published by Winnipeg’s Ukrainian Book Store and Press, which no longer exists. The book shows an interesting mix of influences: the Ukrainian description on the title page translates to “Practical Advice and Explanation in the…

This privately published pamphlet was produced by the noted Canadian lawyer John Skirving Ewart. Educated at Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall, Ewart lived in Winnipeg from 1882 to 1904 before moving to Ottawa to become an outstanding counsel…

While food was always a key driver of Western Canada’s economy, the war meant that Prairie production had global consequences. This brochure, published by the North-West Line Elevators Association, encourages farmers to tailor their production to…

The Blue Ribbon Company was established by George Frederick and John Galt in Winnipeg around 1897; the cousins had already established a wholesale grocery business in 1882 (Driver, Culinary 928). Though the copyright for this book was apparently…

Clearly serving as a local business advertiser as much as a household guide, the first edition of this series was published in Vancouver around 1911–13, but versions soon followed for Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, and Montreal (Driver, Culinary…

This item was produced for the fiftieth anniversary of Canada’s first transcontinental passenger train journey. Though the last spike was driven on 7 November 1885, the winter and ongoing repairs to the track delayed the first cross-Canada trip.…