Produced by the Social Credit Women’s Auxiliaries of Alberta, probably around 1947, this book features some Alberta notables, including “Veal Albertan,” “Alberta Stuffed Breast of Veal,” and “Baked Alberta Ham.” The recipe for…
Elizabeth Driver has argued, with respect to francophone cookbooks, that “Before the Quiet Revolution in Quebec in the 1960s, the influence of the Catholic Church permeated French society and entrenched the traditional subservience of women.…
The picturesque views featured in this souvenir book, along with the subtitle "The Switzerland of America," calls attention to the ways that European perspectives and conventions influenced representations of North American landscapes.
Second edition, printed and staple bound. Work is sealed with a red sticker that reads RAPE in black. Each page inside cites examples of rape, coercive come-ons and sexual assault as well as the effects of attempting to prosecute a rapist.
This chart is part of a Swift Canadian campaign, beginning in the late 1940s, that encouraged “Meats for Babies.” Although Swift’s Canadian headquarters were in Ontario, this pre-cooked and strained food, sold in small cans, might have been…
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…