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1890 · rif. 63446 — Rochester NY: American Public Health Association 1890. 8vo. viii 188 pp. Plum-coloured publisher’s cloth embossed covers gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear rubbing j& scuffing minor sunning still a VG- copy inscribed by Henry Lomb 1828-1908 founder of Bausch & Lomb with John Jacob Bausch and later the Mechanics Institute of Rochester NY now RIT with a special focus on providing 8th-grade girl graduates in and around Rochester with free cooking courses at the Mechanics Institute as well as the sponsor of the Lomb Prize presented to Mary Helena Brayton 1848-1922 longtime cooking & public health instructor at the Mechanics Institute. Second printing of this excellent Progressive Era cookbook which became a standard reference for cooking schools and particularly focused on training poor girls often working in factories as child labor to learn not only employable skills but raise their health and standards of living by eating and cooking more nutritious foods at home. See: Mary Hinman Abel: A Revolutionary in Domestic Science Food for Thought 2025. American Public Health Association, hardcover