Food conservation cottages on Boston Common, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Food Administration, Boston, Mass., 1918

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1918

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-356055

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Description

Booklet describing six cottages which promoted such war-time topics as gardening, cooking, canning, poultry, child welfare, and the Red Cross. Includes photographic prints and illustrations throughout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

food
gardening
children (people by age group)
health
poultry
safety
wars
cottages
advertising
business (commercial function)
illustrations (layout features)
photographic prints
booklets
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 booklet : illustrations, photographic prints

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.211

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Massachusetts. Board of Food Administration (Publisher)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Material Type

booklets
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

American Red Cross. Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Women's City Club of Boston
E.F. Hodgson Co.
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Women’s Municipal League (Boston, Mass.)
Allied Printing Trades Council (Boston, Mass.)
Bigelow & Wadsworth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Subjects

Food conservation
Canning and preserving
Advertisement
Cottage
War
Architectural photography
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
Architecture

Descriptive Terms

World War I

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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